2018 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament was held at M. L. Tigue Moore Field on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana, from May 22 to May 27, 2018. The tournament used a double-elimination format as in past years. Coastal Carolina, the winner of the tournament, earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2018 Sun Belt Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	10
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	M. L. Tigue Moore Field Lafayette, Louisiana
Champions	Coastal Carolina (1 title)
Winning coach	Gary Gilmore (1 title)
MVP	Zach Biermann, (Coastal Carolina)
Television	ESPN+

2018 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
East Division
No. 21 Coastal Carolina ^x‍‍‡‍^y	23	–	7	–	0		.767			38	–	17	–	0		.691
Troy ‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0		.633			38	–	18	–	0		.679
South Alabama  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			30	–	23	–	0		.566
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Georgia State  ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0		.345			26	–	28	–	0		.481
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21	–	0		.300			18	–	36	–	0		.333
West Division
Louisiana ^x‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			33	–	23	–	0		.589
Texas State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			28	–	26	–	1		.518
Little Rock  ‍‍‍	15	–	14	–	0		.517			28	–	25	–	0		.528
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			20	–	30	–	0		.400
UT Arlington  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			21	–	33	–	0		.389
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0		.333			23	–	31	–	0		.426
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

In a change from previous years, the top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket played each other in the championship final.[3]

Results

Play-in round

Tuesday, May 22

Team	R
#10 Georgia State	1
#7 Little Rock	2

Tuesday, May 22

Team	R
#9 Arkansas State	4
#8 Texas Arlington	5^10

Double-elimination round

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Coastal Carolina	12^8
	8	Texas Arlington	2
						1	Coastal Carolina	16
						4	South Alabama	4
	4	South Alabama	5
	5	Georgia Southern	3
											1	Coastal Carolina	3	-
										4	South Alabama	1	-
	5	Georgia Southern	3
	8	Texas Arlington	1
						5	Georgia Southern	0
						4	South Alabama	12^7
																1	Coastal Carolina	11
																3	Troy	6
	3	Troy	5
	6	Texas State	1
						3	Troy	10
						2	Louisiana	1
	2	Louisiana	19
	7	Little Rock	16
											3	Troy	10	–
										6	Texas State	0	–
	6	Texas State	6
	7	Little Rock	3
						6	Texas State	11^7
						2	Louisiana	1

Notes

• Louisiana's 19-16 victory over Little Rock sets a tournament record for most combined runs (35).

References

1. "Baseball Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
2. "2017–18 Championships Schedule". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
3. "Sun Belt Announces Changes to Baseball Regular Season, Championship Format; Future Championship Sites Named". Sun Belt Conference. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2017.