2026 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

The 2026 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held May 1-3 at Salisbury, NC and Wingate, NC, and May 8-9 at McCrary Park in Asheboro, NC. #2 Wingate University defeated #1 Catawba College for the title. Will Farrell of Wingate was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Catawba College	29-4	Jim Gantt
2	Wingate University	24-9	Jeff Gregory
3	Lenoir-Rhyne University	23-9-1	Adam Skonieczki
4	Mars Hill University	19-13-1	Zach Honeycutt
5	Lincoln Memorial University	19-14	Justin Haywood
6	Carson-Newman University	19-14	Tom Griffin
7	Newberry College	19-14	Jay Snyder
8	Coker University	12-21	Fico Kondla

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Catawba	11
	8	Coker	3
						1	Catawba	2
						5	Lincoln Memorial	1
	4	Mars Hill	2
	5	Lincoln Memorial	4
											1	Catawba	10	x
	Salisbury, NC
										8	Coker	0	x
	8	Coker	4
	4	Mars Hill	2
						5	Lincoln Memorial	1
						8	Coker	11
																1	Catawba	6	5	6
																2	Wingate	5	15	8
	2	Wingate	7
	7	Newberry	6
						2	Wingate	9
						3	Lenoir-Rhyne	5
	3	Lenoir-Rhyne	3
	6	Carson-Newman	1
											2	Wingate	12	x
	Wingate, NC
										3	Lenoir-Rhyne	11	x
	7	Newberry	8
	6	Carson-Newman	2
						3	Lenoir-Rhyne	12
						7	Newberry	10

Game Results

Opening Rounds

• Salisbury, NC

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 1
Game 1	Catawba College	11-3	Coker University
Game 2	Lincoln Memorial University	4-2	Mars Hill University
May 2
Game 3	Catawba College	2-1	Lincoln Memorial University
Game 4	Coker University	4-2	Mars Hill University	Mars Hill eliminated
Game 5	Coker University	11-1 (7)	Lincoln Memorial University	Lincoln Memorial eliminated
May 3
Game 6	Catawba College	10-0 (7)	Coker University	Coker eliminate

• Wingate, NC

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 1
Game 1	Wingate University	7-6 (12)	Newberry College
Game 2	Lenoir-Rhyne University	3-1	Carson-Newman University
May 2
Game 3	Wingate University	9-5	Lenoir-Rhyne University
Game 4	Newberry College	8-2	Carson-Newman University	Carson-Newman eliminated
May 3
Game 5	Lenoir-Rhyne University	12-10	Newberry College	Newberry eliminated
Game 6	Wingate University	12-11	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Lenoir-Rhyne eliminated

Finals

• McCrary Park - Asheboro, NC

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 8
Game 1	Catawba College	6-5	Wingate University
May 9
Game 2	Wingate University	15-5	Catawba College
Game 3	Wingate University	8-6	Catawba College	Wingate advances to NCAA tournament

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