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2026 AAC Baseball Tournament

AAC Baseball Tournament logo The tournament begins Tuesday, April 28, and runs through Saturday, May 2, at Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport, Tenn. (Directions)

Tickets are now available and can be purchased by clicking here. Single-day tickets are $10 per adult and $5 for students. Tournament passes are also available for $35 per adult.

If unable to attend in person, all games will be streamed live online. To watch, click here.

Milligan won the regular-season championship and earned the No. 1 seed with a 22-5 conference record.

This year, 10 teams advance to the tournament, and it will be double-elimination. The tournament is using a similar bracket to what the Big XII used during their 2024 Tournament. The top two seeds will not play on the first day. For a full look at the bracket, click here.

Here are the seeds for the tournament:

  1. Milligan (38-11, 22-5 AAC)
  2. Johnson (36-10, 20-6 AAC)
  3. Tennessee Wesleyan (36-14, 20-7 AAC)
  4. Spartanburg Methodist (25-22, 16-11 AAC)
  5. Pikeville (28-17, 15-12 AAC)*
  6. Bryan (23-23, 15-12 AAC)*
  7. Reinhardt (22-26, 14-13 AAC)**
  8. Montreat (31-19, 14-13 AAC)**
  9. Columbia International (17-29, 12-14 AAC)
  10. Truett McConnell (17-27, 8-19 AAC)

*-Pikeville won the series with Bryan 2-1 to earn the No. 5 seed.
**-Reinhardt won the series with Montreat 3-0 to earn the No. 7 seed.

Here is the complete tournament schedule:

Tournament Schedule
Tuesday, April 28
 Game 1 - No. 6 Bryan (24-23) def. No. 7 Reinhardt (22-27), 9-1 (box)
Game 2 - No. 4 Spartanburg Methodist (26-22) def. No. 9 Columbia International (17-30), 9-1 (box)
Game 3 - No. 8 Montreat (32-19) def. No. 5 Pikeville (28-18), 10-0 (8 innings) (box)
Game 4 - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (37-14) vs. No. 10 Truett McConnell (17-28), 13-3 (7 innings) (box)

Wednesday, April 29
Game 5 - No. 7 Reinhardt (23-27) def. No. 9 Columbia International (17-31), 7-0 (box) - Columbia International eliminated
Game 6 - No. 6 Bryan (25-23) def. No. 1 Milligan (38-12), 2-1 (box)
Game 7 - No. 5 Pikeville (29-18) def. No. 10 Truett McConnell (17-29), 14-7 (box) - Truett McConnell eliminated
Game 8 - No. 8 Montreat (33-19) def. No. 2 Johnson (36-11), 11-3 (box)

Thursday, April 30
 Game 9 - No. 1 Milligan (39-12) def. No. 7 Reinhardt (23-28), 3-2 (box) - Reinhardt eliminated
Game 10 - No. 6 Bryan (26-23) def. No. 4 Spartanburg Methodist (26-23), 10-3 (box)
Game 11 - No. 2 Johnson (37-11) def. No. 5 Pikeville (29-18), 10-1 (box) - Pikeville eliminated
Game 12 - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (38-14) def. No. 8 Montreat (33-20), 7-1 (box)

Friday, May 1
Game 13 - No. 1 Milligan (40-12) def. No. 4 Spartanburg Methodist (26-24), 6-2 (box) - Spartanburg Methodist eliminated
Game 14 - No. 8 Montreat (34-20) def. No. 2 Johnson (37-12), 6-4 (box) - Johnson eliminated
Game 15 - No. 6 Bryan (27-23) vs. No. 1 Milligan (40-13), 7-4 (box) - Milligan eliminated
Game 16 - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (39-14) vs. No. 8 Montreat (34-21), 11-4 (box) - Montreat eliminated

Saturday, May 2
 Game 17 - Championship Game - No. 3 Tennessee Wesleyan (40-14) def. No. 6 Bryan (27-24), 8-2 (box) - Tennessee Wesleyan wins the championship