2026 Summit League baseball tournament
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| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | South Dakota State (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Oral Roberts |
| Winning coach | Rob Bishop (1st title) |
| MVP | Ty Madison (South Dakota State) |
| Attendance | 535 (total) 178 (finals) |
| Television | Summit League Network |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts † | 22 | – | 6 | .786 | 35 | – | 24 | .593 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 16 | – | 11 | .593 | 21 | – | 26 | .447 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Colorado | 13 | – | 15 | .464 | 17 | – | 38 | .309 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State ‡y | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | 24 | – | 31 | .436 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 9 | – | 16 | .360 | 13 | – | 32 | .289 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | 12 | – | 38 | .240 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 23, 2026[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 20 through 23, 2026. The top four out of six teams in the conference's regular season met in the double-elimination tournament held at Siebert Field on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2] St. Thomas was the league host of the tournament, but elected to host this and the softball tournament at the University of Minnesota.[3] South Dakota State won the tournament and received the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Standings and seeding
The top four teams from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage during the double round-robin regular season. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament.
| Place | Seed | Team | Conference | Overall | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | L | % | W | L | % | |||
| 1 | 1 | Oral Roberts | 22 | 6 | .786 | 32 | 22 | .593 |
| 2 | 2 | Omaha | 16 | 11 | .593 | 21 | 24 | .467 |
| 3 | 3 | Northern Colorado | 13 | 15 | .464 | 16 | 36 | .308 |
| 4 | 4 | South Dakota State | 12 | 15 | .444 | 21 | 30 | .412 |
| 5 | North Dakota State | 9 | 16 | .360 | 13 | 32 | .289 | |
| 6 | St. Thomas | 9 | 18 | .333 | 12 | 38 | .240 | |
Reference:[4]
Results
| First round May 20/21 MidcoSN/SLN | Semi-finals May 21/22 MidcoSN/SLN | Finals May 23 MidcoSN/SLN | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota State | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota State | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Colorado | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Omaha | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Northern Colorado | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | South Dakota State | 1 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 4 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 9 | 3 | Northern Colorado | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | Omaha | 0 | ||||||||||||
All–Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All–Tournament Team:[5]
| Player | School |
|---|---|
| Ty Madison (MVP) | South Dakota State |
| Luke Jones | |
| Kaden Rylance | |
| Owen Siegert | |
| Nate Wachter | |
| Nic Werk | |
| Will Edmundson | Oral Roberts |
| Jackson Farrell | |
| Nathan Love | |
| Matthew Mainord | |
| Makani Tanaka | |
| Ethan Mooser | Northern Colorado |
| Reece Wagner | |
| Jackson Trout | Omaha |
References
- ↑ "Summit League Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 23, 2026.
- ↑ "Summit League announces Championship dates for 2025-26". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. July 23, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
- ↑ "St. Thomas to host Summit League baseball, softball tournaments". tommiesports.com. St. Thomas Tommies. February 3, 2026. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Baseball Standings". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved March 20, 2026.
- ↑ "Jackrabbits prevail in winner-take-all game six". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. May 23, 2026. Retrieved May 23, 2026.