Softball teams from around the U.S. will be playing NAIA national tournament games in Sioux Center May 12-15.
For the second year in a row, Sioux Center’s Open Space Park softball diamond was selected as one of 10 sites across the country for the 2025 NAIA Softball National Championship Opening Round.
Northwestern College is the host and worked with Sioux Center Parks staff to apply again for site selection. Five of the 48 National Championship teams, including Northwestern, will play in a double-elimination bracket in Sioux Center for the Opening Round. The winner from each Opening Round site will advance to the NAIA Softball World Series in Columbus, Georgia, which begins May 22.
“It’s an honor again to host national tournament play at our great facilities here in Sioux Center and partner with Northwestern College’s softball program, which is playing at a high level and allows us to be considered for this,” said Sioux Center Parks Director Lee Van Meeteren. “Sioux Center made a great impression last year, and we appreciate our community as a whole for embracing hosting the NAIA national tournament because it takes a whole community to make it successful."
Open Space Park and the softball diamond are joint facilities of the City of Sioux Center, Dordt University, and Sioux Center schools.
NAIA Tournament sites are selected in part by the NAIA Softball National Championship Selection Committee. The committee is comprised of head coaches and administrators from around the nation, and they selection considers geography, host qualification, and facilities. Other 2025 host sites are in Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas.