2026 Conference USA Tournament

The 2026 Conference USA baseball tournament was held May 20-24 in Kennesaw, GA. #1 Jacksonville State University defeated #2 Liberty University for the title. Sam Richardson of Jacksonville State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Pool A

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Jacksonville State University	23-7	Steve Bieser
6	Western Kentucky University	14-16	Marc Rardin
9	Middle Tennessee State University	12-18	Jerry Meyers

Pool B

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
2	Liberty University	21-9	Bradley LeCroy
5	Louisiana Tech University	19-11	Lane Burroughs
8	Sam Houston State University	13-17	Jay Sirianni

Pool C

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
3	Missouri State University	20-10	Joey Hawkins
4	Dallas Baptist University	19-11	Dan Heefner
7	Kennesaw State University	13-17	Ryan Coe

Results

Finals Bracket

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Jacksonville St.	6
	4	Dallas Baptist	5
						1	Jacksonville St.	10
						2	Liberty	0
	2	Liberty	7
	3	Missouri St.	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	Sam Houston State University	14-13	Louisiana Tech University
Game 2	Western Kentucky University	9-2	Middle Tennessee State University
Game 3	Dallas Baptist University	6-0	Kennesaw State University
May 21
Game 4	Liberty University	10-4	Sam Houston State University
Game 5	Jacksonville State University	9-3	Middle Tennessee State University
Game 6	Missouri State University	6-4	Kennesaw State University
May 22
Game 7	Liberty University	6-0	Louisiana Tech University	Liberty wins bracket B
Game 8	Jacksonville State University	12-11	Western Kentucky University	Jacksonville St. wins bracket A
Game 9	Missouri State University	9-8	Dallas Baptist University	Missouri St. wins bracket C
May 23
Semifinal 1	Jacksonville State University	6-5	Dallas Baptist University	Dallas Baptist eliminated
Semifinal 2	Liberty University	7-5	Missouri State University	suspended in 6th, finished 5/24 Missouri St. eliminated
May 24
Championship	Jacksonville State University	10-0	Liberty University	Jacksonville St. advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C: Grayson Ashe, Jax State
• INF: Ben Tryon, DBU
• INF: Cooper Blauser, Jax State
• INF: Trey King, Jax State
• INF: Logan Fyffe, Missouri State
• OF: Nick Barone, Liberty
• OF: Josh Canpos, Liberty
• OF: Jeric Curtis, Sam Houston
• DH: Sam Richardson, Jax State
• P: Liam Watt, DBU
• P: Steven Cash, Jax State
• P: Ben Blair, Liberty
• P: Gavin Perry, WKU

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