Conference Coverage

(more to come throughout the weekend, including assortment of postgame links)

SOUTHEASTERN ... Tournament Central  (at Univ. of Alabama)
• 3-seed Florida elim. (6) LSU, 1-0
• (2) Tennessee elim. (7) Auburn, 2-1
• (4) Georgia elim. (5) Kentucky, 6-4
• (1) Alabama elim. (8) Mississippi State, 5-2
• (3) Florida elim. (2) Tennessee, 2-1 (8 inn.)
• (1) Alabama elim. (4) Georgia, 1-0
• 5/12 (12 CT) – Final: (1) Alabama vs. (3) Florida (ESPN2)

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ACC ... Tournament Central  (at Univ. of North Carolina)
3-seed Georgia Tech elim. (6) Virginia, 6-4
(2) Florida State elim. (7) North Carolina State, 6-2
• (1) North Carolina elim. (8) Boston College, 10-4
• (4) Virginia Tech elim. (4) Maryland, 5-2
• (3) Georgia Tech elim. (2) Florida State, 9-1
• (4) Virginia Tech elim. (1) North Carolina, 4-1

• 5/12 (4 ET) – Final: (3) Georgia Tech vs. (4) Virginia Tech (ESPN3)

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Pac-12 (regular season; key games) ... home page
• California def. Arizona State, 4-2
• California def. Arizona State, 5-0
• 5/12 – ASU at Cal (12 PT)
• UCLA won at Oregon, 10-0
• Oregon def. UCLA, 3-2
• 5/12 – UCLA at Oregon (12 PT)
• Arizona def. Oregon State, 12-4 (6 inn.)
• Oregon State won at Arizona, 4-0
• 5/12 – Oregon State at Arizona (12 PT)
• Utah def. Stanford, 6-0
• Stanford won at Utah, 9-1 (6 inn.)
• 5/12 – Stanford at Utah (12 MT)

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Big 12 (regular season; key games) ... home page
• Oklahoma won 10-0 at Iowa State
• 5/12– Oklahoma at Iowa State (2 CT)
• 5/13 – Oklahoma at Iowa State (12 CT)
• 5.13 – Baylor at Texas (1 CT)
• Texas A&M won 5-4 at Boise State
• Texas A&M won 10-8 at Boise State
•  5/12 – Texas A&M at Boise State (4 MT)
• Missouri def. Oklahoma State, 4-0
• 5/12 – Oklahoma State at Missouri (2 CT)
• 5/13 – Oklahoma State at Missouri (12 CT)

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Sun Belt ... Tournament Central  (at Florida Atlantic)
• 3-seed FIU def. (6) Troy, 4-1
• (2) South Alabama def. (7) Louisiana-Monroe, 6-0
• (5) Western Kentucky def. (4) North Texas, 3-1
• (1) Louisiana-Lafayette def. (8) FAU, 7-1
• (7) Louisiana-Monroe elim. (6) Troy, 10-4
• (4) North Texas elim. (8) FAU, 3-0
•  (2) South Alabama def. (3) FIU, 9-1 (6 inn.)
• (1) Louisiana-Lafayette def. (5) Western Kentucky, 12-1 (5 inn.)
• (5) Western Kentucky elim. (7) Louisiana-Monroe, 5-3
• (3) North Texas elim. (3) FIU, 8-0 (5 inn.)
• (2) South Alabama elim. (5) Western Kentucky, 4-2 (8 inn.)
• (1) Louisiana-Lafayette elim. (4) North Texas, 5-1
• 5/12 (4 ET) – Final: (1) Louisiana-Lafayette vs. (2) South Alabama

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BIG EAST ... Tournament Central  (at Notre Dame)
• 5-seed DePaul elim. (4) South Florida, 6-0
• (1) Louisville elim. (8) Connecticut, 8-0 (5 inn.)
• (6) St. John's elim. (3) Syracuse, 2-1
• (2) Notre Dame elim. (7_ Rutgers, 5-0
• (1) Louisville elim. (5) DePaul, 2-0
• (2) Notre Daem elim. (6) St. John's, 9-3
• Final (6 ET) – (1) Louisville at (2) Notre Dame (ESPN2)

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WAC ... Tournament Central  (at New Mexico State)
• 4-seed San Jose State def. (5) Nevada, 9-6
• (6) Louisiana Tech def. (3) Fresno State, 17-7 (6 inn)
• (1) Hawaii def. (4) San Jose State, 5-1
• (2) BYU def. (6) Louisiana Tech, 6-1
• (3) Fresno State elim. (4) San Jose State, 4-3
• (6) Louisiana Tech elim. (5) Nevada, 6-5
• (2) BYU def. (1) Hawaii, 6-4
• (3) Fresno State elim. (6) Louisiana Tech, 11-2
• (3) Fresno State elim. (1) Hawaii, 9-7
• 5/12 – Final (2 MT) – (2) BYU vs. (3) Fresno
• 5/12 (if necessary, 5 MT) – (2) BYU vs. (3) Fresno (FS must beat BYU twice)

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Big Ten (regular season; key games) ... home page
• Michigan def. Purdue, 2-1
• 5/12 – Purdue at Michigan (DH, start 12 ET)
• Iowa won at Minnesota, 1-0 (8 inn.)
• 5/12 – Iowa at Minnesota (DH, start 2 CT)
... Michigan (16-5) leads Big Ten entering final day, with Iowa (15-7) still having a slim chance to finish first and claim the NCAA automatic bid

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Conference USA ... Tournament Central  (at UAB)
• 1-seed Tulsa elim. (8) Southern Mississippi, 6-0
• (5) Houston elim. (4) Central Florida, 6-2
• (3) Marshall elim. (6) East Carolina, 8-1
• (2) UAB elim. (7) Memphis, 8-1
• (1) Tulsa elim. (5) Houston, 4-3
• (3) Marshall elim. (2) UAB, 3-2
• 5/12 (1 CT) – (1) Tulsa vs. (3) Marshall (CSB Sports Network)

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Atlantic-10 ... Tournament Central  (at St. Louis Univ.)
• 4-seed George Washington def. (5) Charlotte, 9-2
• (6) St. Joseph's def. (3) Temple, 6-3
• (5) Charlotte elim. (3) Temple, 4-2
• (1) UMass def. (4) George Washington, 502
• (2) Fordham def. (6) St. Joseph's, 4-1
• (6) St. Joseph's elim. (5) Charlotte, 6-1
• (1) UMass def. (2) Fordham, 2-0
• (4) George Washington elim. (6) St. Joseph's, 1-0
• (2) (4) George Washington elim. (2) Fordham, 4-1
• 5/12 – Final: (1) UMass vs. (4) George Washington

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Southland ... Tournament Central  (at UT San Antonio)
• 4-seed Texas-San Antonio def. (5) Central Arkansas, 4-3
• (3) McNeese State def. (6) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 11-3
• (1) Texas State def. (4) UTSA, 2-1
• 5/12 (10 a.m. CT) – (3) McNesse def. (2) Sam Houston State
• 5/12 (11:30 a.m. CT) – (6) A&M-CC vs. (4) UTSA
• 5/12 (2CT) – (5) Central Arkansas vs. McNeese/SHSU loser
• 5/12 (4:30 CT) – (1) Texas State vs. McNeese/SHSU winner
• 5/12 (7 CT) – winners of previous two games
• 5/13 (8 a.m. CT) – final-day bracket play
• 5/13 (11 a.m. CT) – final-day bracket play (ESPN3)
• 5/13 – final-day bracket play (if necessary; ESPN3)

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America East ... Tournament Central  (at Boston Univ.)
• 1-seed Boston Univ. def. (4) Maine, 3-2
• (2) Stony Brook def. (3) Albany, 6-4
• 5-12 (11 ET) – (1) Boston Univ. vs.. (2) Stony Brook
• 5/12 (1:30 ET) – (4) Maine vs. (3) Albany
• 5/12 (4 ET) – BU/SB loser vs. Maine/Albany winner
• 5/13 (10 a.m. ET) – title game #1
• 5/13 (10 a.m. ET) – title game #2 (if necessary)

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Atlantic Sun ... Tournament Central (at South Carolina Upstate)
• 5-seed Jacksonville def. (4) Lipscomb, 2-1
• (6) Stetson def. (3) SC Upstate, 1-0
• (6) Stetson def. (2) Kennesaw State, 7-2
• (1) Florida Gilf Coast def. (5) Jacksonville, 8-4
• (4) Lipscomb elim. (3) SC Upstate, 8-3
• (2) Kennesaw State elim. (5) Jacksonville, 2-1
• (1) FGCU def. (6) Stetson, 3-0  
• (2) Kennesaw elim. (4) Lipscomb, 9-2
• (2) Kennesaw elim. (6) Stetson, 2-0
• 5/12 (12 ET) – Final: (1) FGCU vs. (2) Kennesaw
• 5/12 (2:30 ET, if necc.) – Final: (1) FGCU vs. (2) Kennesaw

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Big South ... Tournament Central  (at Radford)
• 5-seed Gardner-Webb def. (4) Campbell, 4-2
• (2) Coastal Carolina def. (7) Presbyterian, 8-0
• (3) Charleston Southern def. (6) Liberty, 14-3
• (1) Radford def . (8) Winthrop, 8-0
• (4) Campbell elim. (8) Winthrop, 10-9
• (7) Presbyterian def. (6) Liberty, 4-1
• (3) Charleston Southern elim. (2) Coastal Carolina, 5-2
• (1) Radford def. (5) Gardner-Webb, 1-0
• (2) Coastal Carolina elim. (4) Campbell, 3-2
• (5) Gardner-Webb elim. (7) Presbyterian, 11-9
• 5/12 (12 ET) – (1) Radford vs. (2) Coastal Carolina
• 5/12 (2:30 ET) – (3) Charleston Southern vs. (5) Gardner-Webb
• 5/12 (5 ET and/or 7:30 ET) – bracket play, if necessary
• 5/13 (12 ET) – title game (ESPNU)

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Big West  (end of regular-season, key series) ... home page
• University of the Pacific won at Long Beach State, 3-2
• Long Beach def. UOP, 9-1 (6 inn.)
• 5/12 (1 PT) – UOP at Long Beach
(LBSU's win on Fri. clinched BW title and NCAA automatic bid)

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Colonial ... Tournament Central  (at Hofstra)
• 1-seed Hofstra def. (4) Delaware, 2-1
• (3) Georgia State def. (2) James Madison, 7-4
• (1) Hofstra def. (3) Georgia State, 1-0
• (2) James Madison elim. (4) Delaware, 6-3
• (3) Georgia State elim. (2) James Madison, 9-1
• 5/12 (12 ET) – Final: (3) Georgia State at (1) Hofstra
(second game to follow, if necc.; GS must beat Hofstra twice)

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Great West ... Tournament Central  (at Houston Baptist)
• 5/13 (10 a.m. CT) – 4-seed North Dakota vs. (1) Utah Valley
• 5/13 (12:30 CT) – (3) Houston Baptist vs. (2) Nebraska Omaha
• 5/13 (3 & 5:30 CT) – bracket play
(bracket play concludes with 2-3 games on 5/14)

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Horizon League ... Tournament Central  (at Valparaiso)
• 5-seed Butler def. (4) Youngstown State, 3-0
• (6) Green Bay def. (3) Illinois-Chicago, 5-1
• (5) Butler def. (1) Valparaiso, 6-1
• (2) Loyola-Chicago def. (6) Green Bay, 2-0
• (4) Youngstown elim. (6) Green Bay, 8-4
• (1) Valparaiso elim. (3) UIC, 3-0
• (1) Valparaiso elim. (4) Youngstown, 10-0 (6 inn.)  
• (2) Loyola def. (5) Butler, 9-1 (6 inn.)
• (1) Valparaiso elim. (5) Butler, 3-2 (8 inn.)
• 5/12 (1 ET) – Final: (1) Valparaiso vs. (2) Loyola
(2nd gm at 3 ET if necc.; Valpo must beat Loyola twice)

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Ivy League ... Tournament Central  (at Harvard
Harvard def. Pennsylvania, 1-0
• Harvard def. Pennsylvania, 5-2
(Crimson won Ivy League title and earned NCAA automatic bid)

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Metro Atlantic (MAAC) ... Tournament Central  (at Marist)
• 2-seed Fairfield def. (3) Canisius, 4-3
• (1) Iona def. (4) Marist, 3-0
• (2) Fairfield def. (1) Iona, 2-1 (15 inn.)
• (3) Canisius elim. (4)) Marist, 4-1
• (1) Iona elim. (3) Canisius, 5-0
• 5/12 (12 ET) – (1) Iona vs. (2) Fairfield
(2nd gm at 2 ET if necessary; Iona must best Fairfield twice)

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Mid-American (MAC) ... Tournament Central  (at Akron)
• (5) Western Michigan def. (8) Toledo, 8-0
• (6) Central Michigan def. (7) Kent State, 2-1
• (5) Western Michigan def. (4) Ohio, 7-2
• (6) Central Michigan def. (3) Bowling Green, 2-1
• (7) Kent State elim. (4) Ohio, 9-5
• (3) Bowling Green elim. (8) Toledo, 5-0
• (5) Western Michigan def. (1) Ball State, 3-1  
• (6) Central Michigan def. (2) Miami, 1-0
• (1) Ball State elim. (3) Bowling Green, 302
• (2) Miami elim. (8) Kent State, 5-1
• (6) Central Michigan def. (5) Western Michigan, 2-0
• (2) Miami elim. (1) Ball State, 4-2
• 5/12 (11 ET) – (2) Miami vs. (5) Western Michigan
• 5/12 (1:30 ET) – (6) Central Michigan vs. Miami/WMU winner
(title gm-2 to follow, if necessary; Miami/WMU winner must beat CMU twice)

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Mid-Eastern (MEAC) ... Tournament Central  (Ormand Beach, FL)
• 4S-seed North Carolina A&T def. (1N) Delaware State, 3-1
• (4N) Hampton def. (1S) Savannah State, 5-4
• (3S) Florida A&M def. (2B) Coppin State, 5-1
• (2S) Bethune-Cookman def. (3N) Norfolk State, 3-2
• (1S) Savannah State elim. Delaware State, 603
• (3N) Norfolk State elim. (2N) Coppin State, 6-3
• (4N) Hampton def. (3S) Florida A&M, 15-3  
• (2S) Bethune-Cookman def. (4S) North Carolina A&T, 6-1
• (3S) Florida A&M elim. (3N) Norfolk State, 7-4
• (1S) Savannah State elim. (4S) North Carolina A&T, 7-5
• (2S) Bethune-Cookman def. (4N) Hampton, 3-2
• (3S) Florida A&M elim. (1S) Savannah State, 8-0
• (3S) Florida A&M elim. (4N) Hampton, 12-6
• 5/12 (1 ET) – Final: (2S) Bethune-Cookman vs. (3S) Florida A&M

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Missouri Valley ... Tournament Central  (at Southern Illinois)
• (5) Creighton elim. (8) Evansville, 6-5
• (6) Missouri State elim. (7) Bradley, 4-1
• (4) Southern Illinois elim. (5) Creighton, 3-2
• (3) Drake elim. (6) Missouri State, 2-1
• (4) Southern Illinois elim. (1) Northern Iowa, 1-0
• (2) Illinois State elim. (3) Drake, 3-0
• 5/12 (2 CT) – Final: (2) Illinois State vs. (4) Southern Illinois

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Mountain West (end of regular season, key games) ... home page
• Colorado State def. New Mexico, 8-0
• San Diego State won at New Mexico, 11-7
• Colorado State def. New Mexico, 6-5
• San Diego State won at New Mexico, 11-3
• Colorado State def. New Mexico, 10-5
• 5/12 (1 PT) – San Diego State at UNLV (CBS Sports Network)
(SDSU has clinched MWC title and NCAA automatic bid)

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Northeast ... Tournament Central  (at Robert Morris)
• 3-seed LIU Brooklyn def. (2) Quinnipiac, 5-0
• (1) Robert Morris def. (4) Monmouth, 8-2
• (3) LIU Brooklyn def. (1) Robert Morris, 1-0
• (2) Quinnipiac elim. (4) Monmouth, 4-1
• (2) Quinnipiac elim. (1) Robert Morris, 4-3 (12 inn.)
• 5/12 (12:30 ET) – (2) Quinnipiac vs. (3) LIU Brooklyn
(title gm-2 to follow, if necessary; Quinnipiac must beat LIU-B twice)

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Ohio Valley ... Tournament Central  (at Tennessee-Martin)
• 6-seed Tennessee-Martin def. (3) Jacksonville State, 2-1
• (4) Murray Sate def. (5) Eastern Kentucky, 3-1
• (6) Tennessee Tech def. (2) Eastern Illinois, 3-1
• (1) Tennessee Martin def. (4) Murray State, 7-1
• (3) Jacksonville State elim. (5) Eastern Kentucky, 9-0 (5 inn.)
• (3) Jacksonville State elim. (2) Eastern Illinois, 7-5
• (1) Tennessee Martin def. (6) Tennessee Tech, 7-2
• (4) Murray State elim. (3) Jacksonville State, 5-3
• 5/12 (10 a.m. ET) – (4) Murray State vs. (6) Tennessee Tech
• 5/12 (12:30 ET) – (1) Tennessee Martin vs. Murray/TT winner
(title gm-2 to follow, if necessary; Murray/TT winner must beat UTM twice)

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Pacifc Coast ... Tournament Central  (at Portland State)
• (M1) Portland State won at (C1) Saint Mary's, 6-1
• 5/12 (12 PT) – Portland State at Saint Mary's
(gm-2 to follow, if necessary; SMC must beat Portland State twice)

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Patriot ... Tournament Central  (at Lehigh)
• 1-seed Lehigh def. (4) Lafayette, 2-0
• (2) Army def. (3) Colgate, 4-3
• (1) Lehigh def. (2) Army, 4-0
• (4) Lafayette elim. (3) Colgate, 2-1 (8 inn.)
• (2) Army elim. (4) Lafayette, 4-0
• 5/12 (12 ET) – Final: (2) Army at (1) Lehigh
(gm-2 to follow, if necessary; Army must beat Lehigh twice)

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Southern ... Tournament Central  (at Appalachian State)
• 9-seed Samford elim. (8) Furman, 3-2
• (2) Chattanooga def. (7) Elon, 8-1
• (3) College of Charleston def. (6) Western Carolina, 6-2
• (1) Georgia Southern def. (9) Samford, 3-0
• (5) Appalachian State def. (4) UNC Greensboro, 6-2
• (7) Elon elim. (6) Western Carolina, 7-3
• (4) UNCG elim. (9) Samford, 6-1
• (2) Chattanooga def. (3) College of Charleston, 6-1
• (1) Georgia Southern def. (5) Appalachian State
• (3) College of Charleston elim. (4) UNCG, 6-3
• (7) Elon elim. (5) Appalachian State, 4-0
• (1) Georgia Southern def. (2) Chattanooga, 5-2
• (3) College of Charleston elim. (7) Elon, 4-2
• 5/12 (11 ET) – (2) Chattanooga vs. (3) College of Charleston
• 5/12 (1:30 ET) – (1) Georgia Southern vs. CHAT/CofC winner
(2nd title gm to follow, if necessary; CHAT/CofC winner must beat GS twice)

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Southwestern (SWAC) ... Tournament Central  (Irondale, AL)
• Jackson State def. Arkansas-Pine Bluff, 5-2
• Alabama A&M def. Prairie View, 4-3
• Texas Southern def. Alabama State, 9-5
• Mississippi Valley State def. Grambling, 7-3
• Alabama State elim. Arkansas Pine-Bluff, 7-2
• Prairie View elim. Grambling, 6-2
• Jackson State def. Texas Southern, 8-0 (5 inn.)
• Mississippi Valley def. Alabama, 8-0 (5 inn.)
• 5/12 (2 CT) – Alabama State vs. Texas Southern 
• 5/12 (2 CT) – Prairie View vs. Alavama A&M
• 5/12 (4:30 CT) – Jackson State vs. AS/TS winner
• 5/12 (4:30 CT) – Mississippi Valley vs. PV/ALA&M winner
• 5/13 (9 a.m. CT) – bracket play, if necc. (potential 2 gms)
• 5/13 (1 CT) – Final: bracket winners (ESPNU)

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Summit ... Tournament Central  (Kansas City, MO)
• 1-seed North Dakota State def. (4) UMKC, 5-0
• (2) IPW def. (3) Southern Utah, 3-2
• (4) UMKC elim. (3) Southern Utah, 10-0 (5 inn.)
• (1) North Dakota State def. (2) IPFW, 2-1
• (2) IPFW elim. (4) UMKC, 9-0 (6 inn.)
• 5/12 (1 CT) – (1) North Dakota State vs. (2) IPFW
(2nd title gm to follow, if necessary; IPFW winner must beat NDS twice)

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