DAC tournament cancelled

Madison, SD 5/4/07 - The DAC Softball postseason tournament has been cancelled due to extensive rainfall for the second straight day. Dickinson State University the #1 seed has been declared the tournament champion as per NAIA protocol. Dickinson State is currently ranked #17 in the national and will host the regional tournament, which runs May 9th - 11th.

Dakota State ends the season with a 20-24 overall record and 7-11 in the DAC, and as the only DAC team to defeat Dickinson State this season. The Trojans also have notable wins over William Penn (IA) who is currently ranked 20th in the nation and champions of the MCC Conference, Peru State (36-19) who finished second in the MCAC, Robert Morris (28-17 /13-5) who finished third in the highly completive CCAC, and a 10-0 victory over NCAA D-II Northern State.

"I feel bad for our players, we have worked all season long and I felt we had a really good chance to win the tournament. Obviously the weather didn't work out for us this weekend as we have had over 2 inches of rain and have been in either a flood watch or a tornado watch or both at numerous points the last two days. I'm really proud of what we have accomplished this season and look to improve upon our success next season." stated head coach Ken Prorok