Tigers earn No. 5 seed in SWAC Tournament

Keanu Jacobs-Guishard will lead the Tigers into the upcoming SWAC Tournament.

Courtesy of GSU Athletic Communications

The Grambling State University baseball team enters the 2025 Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) Baseball Tournament as the No. 5 seed, and will open play versus No. 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, May 21 at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala. 

The Tigers clinched the fifth seed after completing the regular season 23-26 overall with an 18-11 mark in conference play.

UAPB earned the fourth seed after going 19-32 overall and 17-9 in the SWAC. 

Wednesday contest will be the fourth meeting between Grambling State and Arkansas-Pine Bluff this season. GSU won the regular season series 2-1.

This year’s SWAC Baseball Tournament is set to run from May 21-25. Tickets are available for purchase by clicking here.
 
Wednesday, May 21
Game 1 – No. 1 Bethune-Cookman vs. No. 8 Texas Southern, 9:00 a.m.
Game 2 – No. 2 Florida A&M vs. No. 7 Southern, 12:00 p.m.
Game 3 – No. 3 Alabama State vs. No. 6 Jackson State, 3:00 p.m.
Game 4 – No. 4 Arkansas-Pine Bluff vs. No. 5 Grambling State, 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 22
Game 5 – Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 3, 9:00 a.m.
Game 6 – Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 4, 12:00 p.m.
Game 7 – Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 3, 3:00 p.m.
Game 8 – Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 4, 6:00 p.m.

Friday, May 23
Game 9 – Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7, 9:00 a.m.
Game 10 – Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8, 12:00 p.m.
Game 11 – Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, 3:00 p.m.
Game 12 – Winner Game 10 vs. Winner Game 8, 6:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 24 (If necessary)
Game 11b – Loser Game 11 vs. Winner Game 11, 12:00 p.m.
Game 12b – Loser Game 12 vs. Winner Game 12. 3:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 25
Game 13 – Championship Game, 1:00 p.m.
 
All times listed Central Standard Time (CST)