2026 Peach Belt Conference Tournament

The 2026 Peach Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 1-3 at Dahlonega, GA and Greenwood, SC and May 8-9 at the higher remaining seed. #2 Lander University defeated #1 University of North Georgia for the title. Zach Cowart of Lander was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of North Georgia	27-4	Nolan Belcher
2	Lander University	20-10	Nick Popp
3	University of South Carolina Aiken	20-10	Keith Gorman
4	Flagler College	20-10	Greg Guilliams
5	Georgia Southwestern State University	18-12	Josh McDonald
6	Columbus State University	18-12	Greg Appleton
7	Georgia College and State University	14-16	Jeff Pelkey
8	Middle Georgia State University	12-18	Paul Knight

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	North Georgia	9
	8	Middle Georgia St.	1
						1	North Georgia	12
						4	Flagler	2
	4	Flagler	2
	5	Georgia SW St.	1
											1	North Georgia	11	x
	Dahlonega, GA
										4	Flagler	1	x
	8	Middle Georgia St.	10
	5	Georgia SW St.	11
						4	Flagler	4
						5	Georgia SW St.	2
																1	North Georgia	4	7	x
																2	Lander	6	11	x
	2	Lander	7
	7	Georgia Coll.	6
						2	Lander	4
						6	Columbus St.	3
	3	USC Aiken	7
	6	Columbus St.	12
											2	Lander	2	4
	Greenwood, SC
										6	Columbus St.	8	1
	7	Georgia Coll.	4
	3	USC Aiken	7
						6	Columbus St.	6
						3	USC Aiken	2

Game Results

• Dahlonega, GA

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 1
Game 1	University of North Georgia	9-1	Middle Georgia State University
Game 2	Flagler College	2-1	Georgia Southwestern State University
May 2
Game 3	University of North Georgia	12-2	Flagler College
Game 4	Georgia Southwestern State University	11-10	Middle Georgia State University	Middle Georgia St. eliminated
Game 5	Flagler College	4-2	Georgia Southwestern State University	Georgia Southwestern St. eliminated
May 3
Game 6	University of North Georgia	11-1 (7)	Flagler College	Flagler eliminated

• Greenwood, SC

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 1
Game 1	Columbus State University	12-7	University of South Carolina Aiken
Game 2	Lander University	7-6	Georgia College and State University
May 2
Game 3	Lander University	4-3	Columbus State University
Game 4	University of South Carolina Aiken	7-4	Georgia College and State University	Georgia College eliminated
May 3
Game 5	Columbus State University	6-2	University of South Carolina Aiken	USC Aiekn eliminated
Game 6	Columbus State University	8-2	Lander University
May 4
Game 7	Lander University	4-1	Columbus State University	Columbus St. eliminated

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 8
Game 1	Lander University	6-4	University of North Georgia
May 9
Game 2	Lander University	11-7	University of North Georgia	advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Luke Miller, Columbus State
• Oliver Zohn, Lander
• Brody Winter, Lander
• Joshua Sanchez, Lander
• Zach Cowart, Lander
• CJ Hanson, Flagler
• Brady Skipper, North Georgia
• Brody Yeomans, North Georgia
• Jake Streeter, North Georgia

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