2018 Conference USA Tournament

The 2018 Conference USA baseball tournament was held at MGM Park in Biloxi, MS. #1 University of Southern Mississippi defeated #3 Florida Atlantic University for the title. Mason Strickland of Southern Miss was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Mississippi	23-6	Scott Berry
2	Louisiana Tech University	21-9	Lane Burroughs
3	Florida Atlantic University	19-8-1	John McCormack
4	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	17-13	Loren Hibbs
5	University of Texas at San Antonio	16-13	Jason Marshall
6	Florida International University	15-13	Mervyl Melendez
7	Rice University	12-15-2	Wayne Graham
8	University of Alabama at Birmingham	13-17	Brian Shoop

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Southern Miss	2
	8	UAB	0
						1	Southern Miss	5
						5	Texas-San Antonio	3
	4	UNC Charlotte	1
	5	Texas-San Antonio	11
											1	Southern Miss	4	6
										4	UNC Charlotte	7	0
	8	UAB	0
	4	UNC Charlotte	2
						5	Texas-San Antonio	4
						4	UNC Charlotte	10
																1	Southern Miss	12
																3	Florida Atlantic	3
	2	Louisiana Tech	2
	7	Rice	6
						7	Rice	5
						3	Florida Atlantic	4
	3	Florida Atlantic	7
	6	Florida International	4
											7	Rice	4	8
										3	Florida Atlantic	7	9
	2	Louisiana Tech	7
	6	Florida International	5
						3	Florida Atlantic	8
						2	Louisiana Tech	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	Florida Atlantic University	7-4	Florida International University
Game 2	Rice University	6-2	Louisiana Tech University
May 24
Game 3	University of Texas at San Antonio	11-1	University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 4	University of Southern Mississippi	2-0	University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 5	Louisiana Tech University	7-5	Florida International University	Florida International eliminated
Game 6	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	2-0	University of Alabama at Birmingham	UAB eliminated
May 25
Game 7	Rice University	5-4	Florida Atlantic University
Game 8	University of Southern Mississippi	5-3	University of Texas at San Antonio
Game 9	Florida Atlantic University	8-6	Louisiana Tech University	Louisiana Tech eliminated
May 26
Game 10	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	10-4	University of Texas at San Antonio	Tex. San Antonio eliminated
Game 11	Florida Atlantic University	7-4	Rice University
Game 12	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	7-4	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 13	Florida Atlantic University	9-8 (10)	Rice University	Rice eliminated
May 27
Game 14	University of Southern Mississippi	6-0	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	UNC Charlotte eliminated
Game 15	University of Southern Mississippi	12-3	Florida Atlantic University	Southern Mississippi advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Gunnar Lambert, Florida Atlantic
• IF Tommy Bullock, Charlotte
• IF Tyler Frank, Florida Atlantic
• IF Ford Proctor, Rice
• IF Chace Sarchet, Rice
• OF Eric Rivera, Florida Atlantic
• OF Gabe Montenegro, Southern Miss
• OF Matt Wallner, Southern Miss
• DH/UT Jared DeSantolo, Florida Atlantic
• P Josh Maciejewski, Charlotte
• P Blake Sanderson, Florida Atlantic
• P Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss
• P Mason Strickland, Southern Miss