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- ↑ "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 10, 2023.
- ↑ "2021-22 Championships Schedule". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ↑ "2022 Sun Belt Baseball Championship". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Sun Belt Baseball Championship Shifts to Single-Elimination Format". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
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