2025 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket Set

SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Southern Conference has announced the seeding for the 2024 SoCon Baseball Championship presented by Holston Gases, which will be played at Fluor Field in Greenville, South Carolina. Regular-season champion UNCG has claimed the top seed in the tournament, which is slated for May 21-25.

All eight Southern Conference teams will participate in the tournament, with seeds 5 and 8 participating in single-elimination game on Wednesday, May 21, at 3 p.m., and seeds 6 and 7 playing in a single-elimination game later that day at 7 p.m. for the right to advance to the double-elimination portion of the bracket. The championship game will take place Sunday, May 25, at 12 p.m., with a second game, if necessary, to begin 40 minutes after the completion of the first contest.

The SoCon tournament will begin Wednesday with fifth-seeded Western Carolina (28-26, 10-11 SoCon) taking on No. 8 VMI (27-25, 6-15) for the chance to advance to face No. 4 seed Mercer (33-23, 12-9) on Thursday at 3 p.m., followed by sixth-seeded UNCG (21-32, 9-12) facing off against No. 7 seed Wofford (31-25, 8-13) in Wednesday’s second game for the chance to advance to face No. 3 seed The Citadel (30-24, 12-9) on Thursday at 7 p.m.

The Citadel claimed the No. 3 seed after taking the two of the three games against ETSU during the squads’ regular-season meetings. VMI won two of the three games against Western Carolina in the regular season series and UNCG swept the Terriers earlier this season.

No. 1 seed ETSU (38-15, 14-7) will see its first action at the tournament on Friday at 9 a.m. when it takes on the winner of game three. ETSU swept Western Carolina and VMI earlier this season, and took two out of three games against Samford, Mercer, and Wofford, but dropped the regular-season series with UNCG and The Citadel. The Bucs have won seven of their last 10 regular-season contests enroute to their third SoCon title, the first since rejoining the league. ETSU, which was picked fourth in the preseason poll by the league’s coaches, is seeking its first tournament title.

No. 2 seed Samford (28-25, 13-8), enters the SoCon tournament having won four games in the last two weekend series. The Bulldogs take the field at the tournament for the first time on Friday at 12:30 p.m. against the winner of game four. Samford, which was also the second seed in 2024, swept UNCG and Wofford during the regular season.

Two more Friday games take place at 4 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The remaining teams will compete in a trio of games on Saturday, which are scheduled for 12 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., setting the stage for Sunday’s title game(s).

All games will be broadcast live on ESPN+. The tournament winner earns the league’s automatic bid to a NCAA Baseball Regional.

May 21 (Wednesday)
SoCon Championship presented by Holston Gases (ESPN+)
(Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)
Game 1: #5 Western Carolina  vs. #8 VMI, 3 p.m.
Game 2: #6 UNCG vs. #7 Wofford, 7 p.m.

May 22 (Thursday)
SoCon Championship presented by Holston Gases (ESPN+)
 (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)
Game 3: Winner Game 1 vs. #4 Mercer, 3 p.m.
Game 4: Winner Game 2 vs. #3 The Citadel, 7 p.m.

May 23 (Friday)
SoCon Championship presented by Holston Gases (ESPN+)
 (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)
Game 5: Winner Game 3 vs. #1 ETSU, 9 a.m.
Game 6: Winner Game 4 vs. #2 Samford, 12:30 p.m.
Game 7: Loser Game 4 vs. Loser Game 5, 4 p.m.
Game 8: Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 6, 7:30 p.m.

May 24 (Saturday)
SoCon Championship presented by Holston Gases (ESPN+)
 (Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)
Game 9: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 12 p.m.
Game 10: Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 8, 3:30 p.m.
Game 11: Winner Game 10 vs. Loser Game 9, 7 p.m.
 
May 25 (Sunday)
SoCon Championship presented by Holston Gases (SDN)
Fluor Field; Greenville, S.C.)
Game 12: Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 11, 12 p.m.
Game 13: Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser^, 40 minutes after Game 12
^ if necessary