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2026 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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The 2026 Big South Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 20 through 23 at HomeTrust Park in Asheville, North Carolina. The top six regular season finishers of the conference's nine teams met in the double-elimination tournament. This was a change from the previous year in which only the top four teams qualified for the conference tournament.[2]

Teams6
Finals site
ChampionsUSC Upstate (2nd title)
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2026 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUSC Upstate (2nd title)
Winning coachKane Sweeney (2nd title)
MVPWylie Waters (USC Upstate)
TelevisionESPN+
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2026 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
High Point ‍†‍‍ 17–7 .70836–18 .667
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .62533–22 .600
USC Upstate ‍‍‡‍y 13–11 .54229–27 .518
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54229–21 .580
Radford  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50025–24 .510
Longwood  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .45829–25 .537
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .41725–30 .455
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 9–15 .37521–34 .382
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33312–44 .214
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 17, 2026[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball
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Seeding and format

The top six finishers of the league's nine teams will qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1High Point9
4Charleston Southern84Charleston Southern6
5Radford51High Point0
3USC Upstate5
2Winthrop6
3USC Upstate113USC Upstate18(7)
6Longwood8
3USC Upstate18
6Longwood41
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
6Longwood7
2Winthrop31High Point4
6Longwood106Longwood4
5Radford74Charleston Southern4
6Longwood17

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Notes Reference
Wednesday, May 20
1 11:00 am No. 4 Charleston Southern vs No. 5 Radford 8–5
2 3:00 pm No. 3 USC Upstate vs No. 6 Longwood 11–8
Thursday, May 21
3 9:00 am No. 5 Radford vs No. 6 Longwood 7–17 Radford Eliminated
5 3:00 pm No. 2 Winthrop vs No. 3 USC Upstate 6–18 (7)
Friday, May 22
4 9:00 am No. 1 High Point vs No. 4 Charleston Southern 9–6 game suspended on 5/21 and resumed 5/22
6 3:30 pm No. 6 Longwood vs No. 4 Charleston Southern 10–4 Charleston Southern Eliminated
Saturday, May 23
7 1:00 pm No. 1 High Point vs No. 3 USC Upstate –
8 12:00 pm No. 2 Winthrop vs No. 6 Longwood – Game location moved to Gardner-Webb
Elimination Game
9 5:00 pm Game 8 Winner vs Game 7 Loser – Elimination Game
Sunday, May 24
10 12:00 pm Game 7 Winner vs Game 9 Winner –
11 Following game 10 Game 7 Winner vs Game 9 Winner (if necessary) –
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.
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All–Tournament Team

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