2026 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2026 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held May 20-23 at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #5 The Citadel defeated #3 Samford University for the title. Michael Gibson of The Citadel was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Bracket 1

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Mercer University	15-6	Craig Gibson
4	Wofford College	12-9	J.J. Edwards
5	The Citadel	11-10	Russell Triplett
8	Virginia Military Institute	3-18	Sam Roberts

Bracket2

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
2	Western Carolina University	14-7	Alan Beck
3	Samford University	12-9	Tony David
6	East Tennessee State University	10-11	Joe Pennucci
7	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	7-14	Cody Ellis

Results

Bracket

Bracket 1

	First Round single elimination					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Mercer
		xx					bye
		xx									1	Mercer	2
											5	Citadel	9
						4	Wofford	7
	5	Citadel	21			5	Citadel	13
	8	VMI	11													5	Citadel	14	x
																1	Mercer	4	x
						Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
											1	Mercer	9
							xx				4	Wofford	8
							xx

Bracket 2

	First Round single elimination					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						2	Western Carolina
		xx					bye
		xx									2	Western Carolina	5
											3	Samford	9
						3	Samford	13
	6	East Tennessee St.	5			7	UNC Greensboro	1
	7	UNC Greensboro	6													3	Samford	5	x
																2	Western Carolina	1	x
						Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
											2	Western Carolina	4
							xx				7	UNC Greensboro	3
							xx

Championship Game

	Championship Game
	5	Citadel	3
	3	Samford	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	The Citadel	21-11	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
Game 2	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	6-5	East Tennessee State University	East Tennessee St. eliminated
Game 3	The Citadel	13-7	Wofford College
Game 4	Samford University	13-1	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
May 21
Game 5	The Citadel	9-2	Mercer University
Game 6	Samford University	9-5	Western Carolina University
Game 7	Mercer University	9-8	Wofford College	Wofford eliminated
Game 8	Western Carolina University	4-3	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
May 22
Game 9	The Citadel	14-4	Mercer University	Mercer eliminated
Game 10	Samford University	5-1	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
May 23
Championship Game	The Citadel	3-1	Samford University	The Citadel advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• SP – Will Holmes, The Citadel
• SP – Garrett Lambert, Mercer (tie)
• SP – Mason Blasche, Samford (tie)
• RP – Cannon Lee, UNC Greensboro
• C – Phillips Daniels, The Citadel
• 1B – Zach Hunt, The Citadel
• 2B – Jeffrey Ince, Samford
• SS – Lane Tobin, The Citadel (tie)
• SS – Gus Gandy, Samford (tie)
• 3B – Brant Baughcum, Mercer
• OF – Chris Katz, Mercer
• OF – Luke Boykin, Samford
• OF – Christian Stratis, The Citadel
• DH – Michael Gibson, The Citadel

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