2025 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

2025 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	10
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Riverwalk Stadium ; Montgomery, Alabama ;
Champions	Coastal Carolina (3rd title)
Winning coach	Kevin Schnall (1st title)
MVP	Caden Bodine (Coastal Carolina)
Television	ESPN+
	← 2024 ; Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament ; 2026 →;

Last updated July 05, 2025

2025 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 11 Coastal Carolina ‍†‍‡‍^y	26	–	4	.867	51	–	11	.823
No. 12 Southern Miss ‍‍‍^y	24	–	6	.800	47	–	16	.746
Troy ‍‍‍	18	–	12	.600	39	–	21	.650
Marshall ‍‍‍	16	–	14	.533	33	–	26	.559
Louisiana ‍‍‍	16	–	14	.533	27	–	31	.466
Old Dominion ‍‍‍	15	–	15	.500	22	–	31	.415
Arkansas State ‍‍‍	14	–	16	.467	26	–	28	.481
Texas State ‍‍‍	14	–	16	.467	27	–	31	.466
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	28	–	31	.475
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	23	–	31	.426
South Alabama ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	23	–	28	.451
Georgia State ‍‍‍	11	–	19	.367	26	–	30	.464
James Madison ‍‍‍	10	–	20	.333	17	–	38	.309
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍	8	–	22	.267	22	–	33	.400

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2025^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at Riverwalk Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama from May 20 to May 25.^[2] The tournament used a double-elimination format as in past years. The winner of the tournament, will earn the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding

Since 2017, the top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn are invited to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.^[3]

Results

Play-in round

Tuesday, May 20
Team	R
#10 Appalachian State	0
#7 Texas State	3
Notes: Appalachian State eliminated

Tuesday, May 20
Team	R
#9 Georgia Southern	13
#8 Arkansas State	8
Notes: Arkansas State eliminated

Double-elimination round

First round			Second round			Semifinals				Finals

1	Coastal Carolina	8

9	Georgia Southern	1
			1	Coastal Carolina	4

			4	Marshall	2
4	Marshall	9

5	Louisiana	5
						1	Coastal Carolina	6	-

						4	Marshall	1	-
9	Georgia Southern	4

5	Louisiana	5
			4	Marshall	17

			5	Louisiana	13



										1	Coastal Carolina	7

										2	Southern Miss	5
2	Southern Miss	9

7	Texas State	1
			2	Southern Miss	10⁷

			6	Old Dominion	0
3	Troy	2

6	Old Dominion	4
						2	Southern Miss	2	–

						3	Troy	1	–
3	Troy	4

7	Texas State	2
			3	Troy	9

			6	Old Dominion	4

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score	Notes	Reference
Tuesday, May 20
1	3:00pm	No. 7 Texas State vs No. 10 App State	3−0	App State eliminated	^[4]
2	6:30pm	No. 8 Arkansas State vs No. 9 Georgia Southern	13−8	Arkansas State eliminated	^[5]
Wednesday, May 21
3	9:00am	No. 3 Troy vs No. 6 Old Dominion	4−2		^[6]
4	12:30pm	No. 2 Southern Miss vs No. 7 Texas State	9-1		^[7]
5	4:00pm	No. 1 Coastal Carolina vs No. 9 Georgia Southern	8−1		^[8]
6	7:30pm	No. 4 Marshall vs No. 5 Louisiana	9−5		^[9]
Thursday, May 22
7	9:00am	No. 3 Troy vs No. 7 Texas State	4−2	Texas State eliminated	^[10]
8	12:30pm	No. 9 Georgia Southern vs No. 5 Louisiana	4−5	Georgia Southern eliminated	^[11]
9	4:00pm	No. 6 Old Dominion vs No. 2 Southern Miss	10−0⁷		^[12]
10	7:30pm	No. 1 Coastal Carolina vs No. 4 Marhsall	4−2		^[13]
Friday, May 23
11	3:00pm	No. 6 Old Dominion vs No. 3 Troy	4−9	Old Dominion Eliminated
12	6:30pm	No. 5 Louisiana vs No. 4 Marshall	13−17	Louisiana Eliminated
Saturday, May 24
13	9:00am	No. 3 Troy vs No. 2 Southern Miss	1−2	No. 3 Troy Eliminated
14	12:30pm	No. 4 Marshall vs No. 1 Coastal Carolina	6−1	No. 4 Marshall eliminated	^[14]
15	7:30pm	Game 10 Winner vs Game 12 Winner (if Necessary)	−	Elimination Game
Sunday, May 25
17	1:00pm	No. 2 Southern Miss vs No.1 Coastal Carolina	7−5	Coastal Carolina wins champiponsip	^[15]
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All–Tournament Team

Player	Team
Caden Bodine (MVP)	Coastal Carolina
Cameron Flukely	Coastal Carolina
Wells Sykes	Coastal Carolina
Juju Stevens	Georgia Southern
Luke Yuhasz	Louisiana
Jackson Halter	Marshall
Eddie Leon	Marshall
Maika Niu	Marshall
Matthew Adams	Southern Miss
Nick Monistere	Southern Miss
Ozzie Pratt	Southern Miss
Bryson Dudley	Texas State
Gryason Stewart	Troy

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References

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[1] "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved February 16, 2025.

[2] "2025 Sun Belt Baseball Championship".

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