Sunday, May 17
Beaumont, TX
1:00 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin
at
(2) Lamar
Jacks, Lamar in Winner-Take-All for Berth in SLC Championship Series
5/17/2026 10:44:00 AM | Baseball
SFA eyes first tournament title game/series appearance since 2011
BEAUMONT, Texas – Stephen F. Austin and Lamar will put it all on the line on Sunday afternoon inside Vincent-Beck Stadium as the two remaining seeds in the Beaumont Bracket battle for a berth in the Southland Conference Tournament championship series next week at the site of the highest remaining seed. (1) Southeastern and (5) McNeese meet in the Hammond final at 1 p.m. Live coverage links of the matchup in Beaumont are available at www.SFAjacks.com.
It will be the sixth meeting between the two programs this season and the third in three days. SFA won two of the three regular season games and knocked off the Cardinals in game two of the Beaumont Bracket. LU defeated the Jacks 4-2 on Saturday night to force Sunday's winner-take-all contest.
SFA VS. LAMAR SEASON SERIES
SFA Athletics' newest mobile phone application is designed to bring Lumberjack fans closer to the action than ever before. Available now on both the App Store and Google Play, the new SFA Athletics app delivers schedules, scores, rosters, news, ticket access, and exclusive content right to your phone. Fans can also receive push notifications, so they never miss a moment of the action. Download now: Official SFA Athletics App.
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For all the latest information on SFA baseball, visit SFAjacks.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow the Jacks on X, Instagram and Facebook.
It will be the sixth meeting between the two programs this season and the third in three days. SFA won two of the three regular season games and knocked off the Cardinals in game two of the Beaumont Bracket. LU defeated the Jacks 4-2 on Saturday night to force Sunday's winner-take-all contest.
SFA VS. LAMAR SEASON SERIES
- In five games, Mark Henning has collected a team-high eight hits and is one of three players with a pair of doubles against the Cardinals
- Eight Jacks have accounted for two or more RBI paced by Henning's four, while Juan Cantua, Ethan Peña and Cooper Schneider have each delivered three
- Henning has scored a team-high seven runs with Jhett Creel adding four
- Peña follows with seven hits against LU and Creel has produced five
- The Jacks are +2 in walks and strikeouts against LU this season
- Fifteen different arms have seen action against the Cardinals lineup so far this season
- The Jacks have recorded a collective 30 strikeouts of LU
- Jack James has allowed zero runs in 3.0 innings of relief action
- The Jacks are eyeing the program's first tournament championship game/series appearance since 2011
- SFA is a win away from the program's first 30-win season since 2016
- A win ensures SFA would be two wins shy of punching its ticket to the NCAA Tournament
SFA Athletics' newest mobile phone application is designed to bring Lumberjack fans closer to the action than ever before. Available now on both the App Store and Google Play, the new SFA Athletics app delivers schedules, scores, rosters, news, ticket access, and exclusive content right to your phone. Fans can also receive push notifications, so they never miss a moment of the action. Download now: Official SFA Athletics App.
FOLLOW THE JACKS
For all the latest information on SFA baseball, visit SFAjacks.com. For up-to-the-minute updates, follow the Jacks on X, Instagram and Facebook.
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