2024 Great American Conference Tournament

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The 2024 Great American Conference baseball tournament was held May 3-4 at the higher seed and May 9-11 at Dickey-Stephens Park in North Little Rock, AR. #1 University of Arkansas-Monticello defeated #2 Arkansas Tech University for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 University of Arkansas-Monticello 23-10 John Harvey
2 Arkansas Tech University 23-10 Dave Dawson
3 Harding University 23-10 Patrick McGaha
4 Henderson State University 20-13 Cody Hooten
5 Southern Arkansas University 19-13 Justin Pettigrew
6 Northwestern Oklahoma State University 19-13 Ryan Bowen
7 Ouachita Baptist University 19-14 Luke Howard
8 Oklahoma Baptist University 18-15 Chris Cox

Results[edit]

Finals Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  1 Arkansas-Monticello 3  
  5 Southern Arkansas 2    
      1 Arkansas-Monticello 7  
      3 Harding 6    
  2 Arkansas Tech 1          
  3 Harding 5        
      1 Arkansas-Monticello 3 8
        2 Arkansas Tech 9 5
       
    3 Harding 0    
  5 Southern Arkansas 3     2 Arkansas Tech 5  
  2 Arkansas Tech 4  


Game Results[edit]

Best of Three[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 4
Game 1 University of Arkansas-Monticello 14-1 (7) Oklahoma Baptist University
Game 2 Oklahoma Baptist University 11-6 University of Arkansas-Monticello suspended in 6th, finished May 6
May 6
Game 3 University of Arkansas-Monticello 8-7 Oklahoma Baptist University Arkansas-Monticello advanced
Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 3
Game 1 Southern Arkansas University 6-5 (11) Henderson State University
May 4
Game 2 Southern Arkansas University -74 Henderson State University Southern Arkansas advances
Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 3
Game 1 Harding University 10-7 Northwestern Oklahoma State University
May 4
Game 2 Harding University 2-1 Northwestern Oklahoma State University Harding advances
Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 3
Game 1 Ouachita Baptist University 9-6 (11) Arkansas Tech University
Game 2 Arkansas Tech University 7-5 Ouachita Baptist University
May 4
Game 3 Arkansas Tech University 7-2 Ouachita Baptist University suspended in 4th, finished May 6
Arkansas Tech advances

Double Elimination[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 9
Game 1 University of Arkansas-Monticello 3-2 Southern Arkansas University
Game 2 Harding University 5-1 Arkansas Tech University
May 10
Game 3 University of Arkansas-Monticello 7-6 Harding University
Game 4 Arkansas Tech University 4-3 (10) Southern Arkansas University Southern Arkansas eliminated
Game 5 Arkansas Tech University 5-0 Harding University
May 11
Game 6 Arkansas Tech University 9-3 University of Arkansas-Monticello
Game 7 University of Arkansas-Monticello 8-5 Arkansas Tech University Arkansas-Monticello advances to NCAA tournament