2026 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 2026 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 19-24 at Dabos Park in Montgomery, AL. Games were also held at Riddle-Pace Field in Troy, AL #1 University of Southern Mississippi defeated #7 University of Louisiana at Lafayette for the title. Joey Urban of Southern Miss was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Southern Mississippi	22-8	Christian Ostrander
2	Coastal Carolina University	21-9	Kevin Schnall
3	Appalachian State University	17-13	Kermit Smith
4	Troy University	17-13	Skylar Meade
5	University of South Alabama	17-13	Mark Calvi
6	Texas State University	16-14	Steven Trout
7	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	16-14	Matt Deggs
8	Old Dominion University	15-15	Chris Finwood
9	Georgia State University	14-16	Brad Stromdahl
10	Marshall University	13-17	Greg Beals

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Southern Miss	7
	9	Georgia St.	6
						1	Southern Miss	7
						4	Troy	6
	4	Troy	11
	5	South Alabama	3
											1	Southern Miss	6	6
										4	Troy	9	2
	9	Georgia St.	4
	5	South Alabama	7
						4	Troy	11
						5	South Alabama	10
																1	Southern Miss	11
																7	Lou.-Lafayette	7
	2	Coastal Carolina	11
	7	Lou.-Lafayette	12
						7	Lou.-Lafayette	3
						6	Texas St.	4
	3	Appalachian St.	5
	6	Texas St.	6
											6	Texas St.	6	7
										7	Lou.-Lafayette	12	7
	2	Coastal Carolina	8
	3	Appalachian St.	2
						7	Lou.-Lafayette	5
						2	Coastal Carolina	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 19
Game 1	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	11-1 (7)	Marshall University	Marshall eliminated
Game 2	Georgia State University	17-1 (7)	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion eliminated
May 20
Game 3	Texas State University	6-5	Appalachian State University
Game 4	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	12-11	Coastal Carolina University
Game 5	University of Southern Mississippi	7-6	Georgia State University
May 21
Game 6	Troy University	11-3	University of South Alabama
Game 7	Coastal Carolina University	8-2	Appalachian State University	Appalachian St. eliminated
Game 8	University of South Alabama	7-4	Georgia State University	Georgia St. eliminated
Game 9	Texas State University	4-3	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
May 22
Game 10	University of Southern Mississippi	7-6	Troy University
Game 11	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	5-4	Coastal Carolina University	Coastal Carolina eliminated
May 23
Game 12	Troy University	11-10	University of South Alabama	South Alabama eliminated
Game 13	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	12-6	Texas State University
Game 14	Troy University	9-6	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 15	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	7-4	Texas State University	Texas St. eliminated
May 24
Game 16	University of Southern Mississippi	6-2	Troy University	Troy eliminated
Game 17	University of Southern Mississippi	11-7	Troy University	Southern Miss advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Joey Urban, Southern Miss (Sr., OF – Jupiter, Fla.)
• Trace Mazon, Coastal Carolina (Jr., DH – Aledo, Texas)
• Lee Amedee, Louisiana (Sr., 1B – Gonzales, La.)
• Donovan LaSalle, Louisiana (Jr., OF – Lake Charles, La.)
• Maddox Mandino, Louisiana (Jr., OF – Minden. La.)
• Ty Roman, Louisiana (Jr., LHP – Diboll, Texas)
• Mitchell Heer, South Alabama (5th Yr., RHP – Acworth, Ga.)
• Colby Allen, Southern Miss (Sr., RHP – Louisville, Miss.)
• Drey Barrett, Southern Miss (So., 3B – Holtville, Ala.)
• Matthew Russo, Southern Miss (Sr., 1B – Madisonville, La.)
• Clayton Namken, Texas State (Fr., C – New Braunfels, Texas)
• Blake Cavill, Troy (Sr., 1B – Sydney, Australia)
• Zach Crotchfelt, Troy (Sr., LHP – Jackson, N.J.)
• Aaron Piasecki, Troy (Sr., SS – Muskegon, Mich.)

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