2024 Heart Softball Conference Tournament
The 2024 Heart of America Athletic Conference Softball Conference Tournament took place May 2-5 on the campus of Mount Mercy University, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
The eight-team field featured the top eight teams from the Heart with the highest conference winning percentage.
Central Methodist won the 2024 Heart softball regular season conference championship and was the No. 1 seed. They have now won 11 Heart regular season titles.
Baker secured the No. 2 seed for the second-straight season.
CMU is the reigning Heart Conference Tournament Champions, as they defeated Mount Mercy in the championship game, 14-3, in 2023. It marked their seventh Heart Conference Tournament Championship, the most of any program in the Heart.
The Eagles again won the Heart Softball Conference Tournament in 2024, winning two championship games, 7-0 and 10-5 over No. 3 Benedictine College.
Both CMU and Benedictine earned an automatic berth to the NAIA National Championship Opening Round.
The following eight teams qualified:
No. 1 Central Methodist
No. 2 Baker
No. 3 Benedictine
No. 4 MidAmerica Nazarene
No. 5 Grand View
No. 6 Mount Mercy
No. 7 Missouri Valley
No. 8 Graceland
Tickets may be purchased at the gate of the complex and are CASH Only. Prices are $10 for single day pass, college students with ID $5, Children under 10 are FREE.
To watch every game of the tournament on the Heart Conference Network, please click here.
For the tournament central website, please click here.
Robert W. Plaster – Athletic Complex
651 19th St NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
More about the complex:
In September 2017, on 22 acres of land adjacent to the main campus, Mount Mercy opened a premier outdoor athletic complex that is home to Mustang baseball, softball, men's and women's track & field, men's and women's soccer, and women's lacrosse. Turf fields highlight the complex, which also includes a multi-event throws area for track & field and automated video systems (MuscoVision) at baseball and softball and the soccer stadium (Hudl Focus). Six locker rooms and an athletic training center are also located on-site. Busse Field, the home of Mustang softball, hosted the 2019, 2021, and 2022 Heart of America Softball Championships. The event will return again in 2024. The multi-purpose stadium, which includes Hadzic Field, hosted the 2023 Heart of America Outdoor Track & Field Championships.
