Southern Miss is one of the 16 regional host. UVA , Ark-LR , and Jacksonville St are in the Hattiesburg, MS bracket. Jax St was awesome in the CUSAT and looks strong going into this regional
They didn't have many power conference opponents They beat AUB, lost to Bama, and lost 2 of 3 to Cincy.
Cooper Blauser led the Gamecocks with 53 RBI.
I'm not ignoring the host but Jax St is the hottest team in this bracket.
ECU got hot in the AAC tournament and opens with the Vols in Chapel Hill. Herring knocked in 51 runs for the Pirates this season.
May 30 2026
I caught some of the ECU game. The Pirates bunted home run 3 in the 13th inning, then the Vols tied it at 3.. In the 14th inning ECU outscored them 4-0 for the 7-3 win
Other games. SMS(WCC) beat UCLA. Milwaukee(Horizon) beat AUB. South Carolina Upstate beat OK St.
Little Rock beat USM. Jax St beat USC. TX ST beat USC
Not sure if it a big upset but Tarleton (WAC) beat UCSB.
May 31, 2026
Tennessee, USM, Alabama State, Yale, Lamar, South Dakota State, Rider, UIC, Missouri State, The Citadel, and Virginia Tech
ECU Friday) then UNC (yesterday) knocked the Vols out in Chapel Hill. ECU lost to UNC yesterday. ECU plays VCU today
Ark-LR & Jax St provide the 1-2 punch to USM , the host of Hattiesburg Regional. Baumbach knocked in the 3 runs for Ark-LR in a W over Jax St
Northeastern eliminated MOSU
June 1, 2026
ECU is going home . UNC was too much for them
Wow. Little Rock comes out of Hattiesburg. Brody Bunting pitched 3.1 strong innings to save the the Trojans against Jax St
Liberty stopped by Georgia
SMC beat UCLA then falls to Cal Poly
Troy remains alive in the Gainesville bracket
Milwaukee needs to beat AUB and St Johns need to beat FSU
June 2, 2026
MIL eliminated by AUB, but Troy beat FLA ,and the Johnies beat Florida St. Boroff (2B, HR, 5 RBI) for Troy.
Late to this story: On June 2, 2026, Steve Bieser left Jax St for the head baseball coach job at Grand Canyon University(MWC). 💰
June 6, 2026
Cal Poly fell to WVU and Ark -LR lost to Troy. Same score for each game (12-2). Jabe Boroff knocked in 6 runs for Troy.
June 7, 2026
Cal Poly eliminated by WVU, and Ark-LR eliminated by Troy(SBC), who will make its first visit to the CWS. Tommy Egan 7.1 IP 8 k for the Trojans yesterday.
Also, the Johnnies lost game 1 to Bama.
June 9, 2026
Will Davis: 10 yrs., 283-231 (.551) at Lamar(Southland). He took the Houston Cougars HC job.
June 10, 2026
Kevin Schnall brings Matt Williams over with him from CCU to serve as the Gamecocks(SEC) pitching coach. Big intrastate move in South Carolina
Schnall had a solid two season managing the Chanticleers. 2024-26.
June 12, 2026
Chris Lemonis is the HC of the CCU baseball team. He grew up in Myrtle Beach.. He was the MIss St HC(2019- 2025)
June 13, 2026
Troy made two errors ,and WVU played effective small ball. WVU 7 Troy 5. Trojans face Ole Miss in the loser bracket Sunday
June 15, 2026
Wow, Troy has good 7th and 8th innings to beat Ole Miss 12-8. Sam Darnell knocked in four runs for the Trojans.in the game.
Ole Miss is out
June 17, 2026
Three WV pitchers tossed a four hit shutout to eliminate Troy from the CWS. Also, WV stole 7 bases in a 12-0 win. They play UNC today.
June 18, 2026
Liam Bowen travels around the beltway(695) moving from UMBC(AmericaEast) to Towson(CAA). I can't imagine the $$$ are a whole lot more. CAA is a better baseball conference.
June 19, 2026
Pedro Grifol was named the head coach of FIU(CUSA). He spent a lot of years as a coach. in the KC organization, His stint as MGR of the White Sox (2023-24) was not a good one(89-190)
He was raised in Miami, FLA.
June 26, 2026
Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina CCU, and Jackson Flora, RHP, UCSB are each expected to be selected by pick 20 in the upcoming MLB draft
July 2, 2026
Some chatter on Ben Blair, a RHP for Liberty with three-quarters slot delivery and solid control, may go in rd2
