Baseball | 5/3/2026 11:40:00 AM
TRAFFORD, Pa. (pacathletics.org) - After posting a 17-5 record in regular season conference play, Westminster College earned the top seed for the 2026 Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Baseball Tournament.
The conference tournament will be a six-team, double-elimination championship for the third consecutive year. It will be held Wednesday-Saturday, May 6-9 at Washington & Jefferson College's Ross Memorial Park in Washington, Pa. Every game of the 2026 PAC Baseball Tournament will once again be live streamed by our friends at the PAC Sports Network. The link to access all the free-to-view broadcasts is above.
Ticket sales for all PAC Championship contests hosted at W&J will be available through Hometown Ticketing. Fans can secure their Tournament passes or individual session tickets ahead of the game or on-site by purchasing them online at the W&J official ticketing page or via the Hometown Ticketing mobile app available through the App Store or Google Play.
Advanced ticket purchases are highly encouraged. Game day tickets can be purchased electronically by scanning a QR code in-person.
Please note, NO cash will be accepted at the gates or ticket booths.
The first pitch of the Tournament will be thrown at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 6, with No. 1 Westminster (28-10, 17-5 PAC) taking on No. 6 Chatham University (28-11, 13-9 PAC) in Game A. In Game B at 2:30 pm, second-seeded Washington & Jefferson College (28-11, 17-5 PAC) will face the fifth seed, Grove City College (19-16, 14-8 PAC). Opening day of the 2026 Tournament will wrap with a match-up between the No. 3 seed Allegheny College (26-14, 16-6 PAC) and the fourth-seed Bethany College (25-15, 14-8 PAC) in Game C at 6 pm.
The tournament will continue through Saturday's championship game(s), with the full schedule posted below.
This is the first time Westminster has earned the No. 1 seed for the PAC Baseball Tournament. The Titans won the tiebreaker over W&J for the top spot with their two wins over the Presidents during the season. Seventh-year head coach Patrick Riley leads Westminster into the conference playoffs for the fifth year in a row. The Titans, who finished second a year ago, have won two PAC Championships (2005, 2012).
Guided by 24th-year head coach Jeff Mountain, W&J is appearing in their 17th consecutive tournament. W&J has won 16 PAC Championships in program history, including a run of five consecutive from 2019-24.
Back in the PAC Tournament for the third straight season and second in a row as the three seed, Allegheny is led by ninth-year head coach Brandon Crum. The Gators won 14 PAC Championships during their previous time in the league, with the last coming in 1977.
Third-year head coach Michael Finlan has Bethany back in the PAC Tournament for the first time since 2019 when the Bison made it to the championship game. Bethany has claimed eight league championships, with their last coming in 2000.
Defending PAC champion Grove City is back to try to win a second straight crown in their seventh straight appearance in the Tournament. Head coach Matt Royer, now in his 11th season, led the Wolverines to their fourth PAC title last year with an 8-1 victory over Westminster in the championship game.
Earning the sixth seed was Chatham, who will be playing in its first-ever PAC Tournament. Fifth-year head coach Nic Rush led the Cougars to single-season program records this year in overall wins (28) and conference wins (13).
The PAC Championship Tournament winner will also claim the conference's automatic qualifying bid to the NCAA Division III Championship. Selections for the Division III Championship are scheduled to be announced Monday, May 11 with regional preliminary round play slated for Friday-Sunday, May 15-17. Regional champions will compete in the Super Regionals, a best-of-three series, to determine the eight participants in this year's Division III College World Series, scheduled for Friday-Thursday, May 29-June 4. The Division III College World Series will be hosted by the North Coast Athletic Conference and Greater Cleveland Sports Commission at Classic Park in Eastlake, Ohio.
2026 PAC Baseball Championship Tournament
All games at Ross Memorial Park - Washington, Pa.
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
Game A - No. 1 Westminster (28-10, 17-5 PAC) vs No. 6 Chatham (28-11, 13-9 PAC) - 11 am
Game B - No. 2 Washington & Jefferson (28-11, 17-5 PAC) vs No. 5 Grove City (19-16, 14-8 PAC) - 2:30 pm
Game C - No. 3 Allegheny (26-14, 16-6 PAC) vs No. 4 Bethany (25-15, 14-8 PAC) - 6 pm
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Game D - Loser of Game A vs Loser of Game B - 11 am
Game E - Winner of Game A vs Loser of Game C - 2:30 pm
Game F - Winner of Game B vs Winner of Game C - 6 pm
Friday, May 8, 2026
Game G (see below) - 11 am
Game H (see below) - 2:30 pm
Game I (see below) - 6 pm
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Games J - time TBA
Game K - If necessary 30 min after
If 4 teams remain after Game F:
Game G - Winner of Game D vs Loser of Game F
Game H - Winner of Game E vs Winner of Game F
Game I - Winner of Game G vs Loser of Game H
Game J - Winner of Game H vs Winner of Game I
Game K - If Necessary
If 5 teams remain after Game F
Game G - Loser of Game E vs Loser of Game F
Game H - Winner of Game D vs Winner of Game E
Game I - Winner of Game F vs Winner of Game G
If 2 teams remain after Game I
Game J Winner of Game H vs Winner of Game I
Game K If Necessary
If 3 teams remain after Game I:
Game J - Winner of Game H vs Loser of Game I
Game K - Winner of Game I vs Winner of Game J