2025 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2025 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held May 21-25 at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #1 East Tennessee State University defeated #2 Samford University for the title. Cooper Torres of East Tennessee St. was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	East Tennessee State University	14-7	Joe Pennucci
2	Samford University	13-8	Tony David
3	The Citadel	12-9	Russell Triplett
4	Mercer University	12-9	Craig Gibson
5	Western Carolina University	10-11	Alan Beck
6	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	9-12	Cody Ellis
7	Wofford College	8-13	J.J. Edwards
8	Virginia Military Institute	6-15	Sam Roberts

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	East Tennessee St.	16
	4	Mercer	3			5	Western Carolina	13
	5	Western Carolina	10								1	East Tennessee St.	14
											2	Samford	8
						2	Samford	12
	3	Citadel	4			7	Wofford	7
	7	Wofford	12													1	East Tennessee St.	7	x
																2	Samford	5	x
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	7	Wofford	6
	4	Mercer	8								2	Samford	5
						4	Mercer	4			4	Mercer	1
						3	Citadel	2
	5	Western Carolina	10
	3	Citadel	11

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Western Carolina University	15-1 (7)	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
Game 2	Wofford College	4-2	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
May 22
Game 3	Western Carolina University	10-3	Mercer University
Game 4	Wofford College	12-4	The Citadel
May 23
Game 5	East Tennessee State University	16-13	Western Carolina University
Game 6	Samford University	12-7	Wofford College
Game 7	The Citadel	11-10	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
Game 8	Mercer University	8-6	Wofford College	Wofford eliminated
May 24
Game 9	East Tennessee State University	14-8	Samford University
Game 10	Mercer University	4-2	The Citadel	The Citadel eliminated
Game 11	Samford University	5-1	Mercer University	Mercer eliminated
May 25
Game 12	East Tennessee State University	7-5	Samford University	East Tennessee State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• SP - Mason Blasche, SAM
• SP - Colton Cosper, MER
• SP - Alec Bouchard, WOF
• RP - Evan Steckmesser, SAM
• RP - Terry Busse, MER
• RP - Brady Frederick, ETSU
• C - JD Yakubinis, ETSU
• 1B - Jackson Harris, SAM
• 2B - Travis Elliott, CIT
• SS - Cody Miller, ETSU
• 3B - Aryan Patel, CIT
• OF - Brayden Corn, WCU
• OF - Axel Melendez, ETSU
• OF - Jake Souder, SAM
• DH - Cooper Torres, ETSU