2018 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

The 2018 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 22 - 27 in Lafayette, LA. #1 Coastal Carolina University defeated #3 Troy University for the title. 1B/DH Zach Biermann of Coastal Carolina was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Coastal Carolina University	23-7	Gary Gilmore
2	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	18-12	Tony Robichaux
3	Troy University	19-11	Mark Smartt
4	University of South Alabama	18-11	Mark Calvi
5	Georgia Southern University	18-11	Rodney Hennon
6	Texas State University	16-14	Ty Harrington
7	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	15-14	Chris Curry
8	University of Texas at Arlington	11-19	Darin Thomas
9	Arkansas State University	11-19	Tommy Raffo
10	Georgia State University	10-19	Greg Frady

Results

Bracket

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

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	2-1	Georgia State University	single elimination, Arkansas Little Rock advances
Game 2	University of Texas at Arlington	5-4	Arkansas State University	single elimination, Texas-Arlington advances
May 23
Game 3	University of South Alabama	5-3	Georgia Southern University
Game 4	Troy University	5-1	Texas State University
Game 5	Coastal Carolina University	12-2 (8)	University of Texas at Arlington
Game 6	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	19-16	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
May 24
Game 7	Georgia Southern University	3-1	University of Texas at Arlington	Texas-Arlington eliminated
Game 8	Texas State University	6-3	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Arkansas Little Rock eliminated
Game 9	Coastal Carolina University	16-4	University of South Alabama
Game 10	Troy University	10-1	University of Louisiana at Lafayette
May 25
Game 11	University of South Alabama	12-0 (7)	Georgia Southern University	Georgia Southern eliminated
Game 12	Texas State University	11-1 (7)	University of Louisiana at Lafayette	Louisiana Lafayette eliminated
May 26
Game 13	Coastal Carolina University	3-1	University of South Alabama	South Alabama eliminated
Game 14	Troy University	10-0 (7)	Texas State University	Texas State eliminated
May 27
Game 15	Coastal Carolina University	11-6	Troy University	Coastal Carolina advances to NCAA tournament