2026 Big South Conference Tournament

The 2026 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held May 20-23 at McCormick Field in Asheville, NC. #3 University of South Carolina Upstate defeated #6 Longwood University for the title. Wylie Waters of USC Upstate was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	High Point University	17-7	Joey Hammond
2	Winthrop University	15-9	Mike McGuire
3	University of South Carolina Upstate	13-11	Kane Sweeney
4	Charleston Southern University	13-11	Karl Kuhn
5	Radford University	12-12	Alex Guerra
6	Longwood University	11-13	Ray Noe

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	High Point	9
	4	Charleston Southern	8			4	Charleston Southern	6
	5	Radford	5								1	High Point	0
											3	USC Upstate	5
						2	Winthrop	6
	3	USC Upstate	11			3	USC Upstate	18
	6	Longwood	8													3	USC Upstate	1	8
																6	Longwood	4	1
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	4	Charleston Southern	4
	6	Longwood	10								1	High Point	4
						2	Winthrop	3			6	Longwood	7
						6	Longwood	4
	5	Radford	7
	6	Longwood	17

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	Charleston Southern University	8-5	Radford University
Game 2	University of South Carolina Upstate	11-8	Longwood University
Game 3	Longwood University	17-7	Radford University	susp in 2nd, finished 5/21 Radford eliminated
May 21
Game 4	University of South Carolina Upstate	18-6 (7)	Winthrop University
Game 5	High Point University	9-6	Charleston Southern University	susp in 2nd, finished 5/22
May 22
Game 6	Longwood University	10-4	Charleston Southern University	Charleston Southern eliminated
May 23
Game 7	Longwood University	4-3 (11)	Winthrop University	Winthrop eliminated
Game 8	University of South Carolina Upstate	5-0	High Point University
Game 9	Longwood University	7-4	High Point University	High Point eliminated
May 24
Game 10	Longwood University	4-1	University of South Carolina Upstate
Game 11	University of South Carolina Upstate	8-1	Longwood University	USC Upstate advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• INF - Wylie Waters, USC Upstate
• INF – Jon Howard, Longwood
• INF – Nathan Martinez, Charleston Southern
• INF – Landen Johnson, High Point
• OF – Ben Pulliam, Longwood
• OF – Trey Bentley, USC Upstate
• OF – Henry Zenor, USC Upstate
• DH – Tyler Wright, Charleston Southern
• C – Tyler Lang, USC Upstate
• UTL – Jae’dan Carter, Longwood
• P – Brent Stukes, USC Upstate
• P – JR Fordham, Longwood

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