HAMMOND, La. – The Southeastern Louisiana University baseball team will play host to the 2025 Southland Conference Baseball Championships Hammond Bracket presented by GeoSurfaces this week at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field.
 
Conference regular-season champion Southeastern (37-14, 22-8 SLC) is the No. 1 seed and will face eighth-seeded New Orleans (25-24, 12-18 SLC) at 6 p.m. Thursday. The double-elimination, four-team bracket will open at 1 p.m. Thursday, when fourth-seeded Northwestern State (33-19, 19-11 SLC) takes on No. 5 seed McNeese (31-15, 19-11 SLC).
 
All games in the Hammond Bracket, which runs through Sunday, will air on ESPN+. The winner of the Hammond bracket meets the winner of the Edinburg bracket in the best-of-three championship series, May 22-24, at the highest remaining seed.
 
Fans can listen to SLU game broadcasts in the Hammond area on KSLU 90.9 The Lion. In addition, an audio stream is available online at www.LionSports.net/ListenLive and via the Lions Gameday Experience and MyTuner Radio apps. The MyTuner app is compatible with the Apple CarPlay software available in most late-model automobiles.
 
Hitting .295 as a team, the Lions rank 29th nationally with 81 home runs. The home run total is the third-most in program history, six shy of breaking the program's single-season record established last season.
 
Southeastern also currently ranks third in the nation in shutouts (8), fourth in double plays turned (49) and seventh with a 3.58 staff ERA.
 
Dane Watts (.345, 7 HR, 34 RBI), TJ Salvaggio (.324, 13 HR, 45 RBI) and Giovanni Licciardi (.308, 2 HR, 28 RBI) pace the SLU offense at the plate. Salvaggio enters the tournament in third place on SLU's career home run chart (34), three behind former teammate Preston Faulkner (2018-22).
 
TICKET INFORMATION
All-Tournament books are currently on sale through the Southeastern Athletic Ticket Office. Box seats are $75. Reserved chairback seats are $60. General Admission ticket books are $40 for adults and $30 for youth (ages 4-12).
 
SLU season ticket holders have until close of business Wednesday to purchase their same seats for the entire tournament.
 
Single-game tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. Wednesday. Box seats are $25. Reserved chairback seats are $20. General Admission ticket books are $15 for adults and $10 for youth (ages 3-12). The stadium will be cleared after each game.
 
Students attending any Southland Conference institution are admitted free with a university ID, as are children age 3 and under.
 
Tickets can be purchased online at www.LionSports.net/Tickets or by contacting the Southeastern Athletics Ticket Office at (985) 549-5466. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Fridays. The ticket booth at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field opens exactly one hour before the scheduled first pitch.
 
Mobile ticketing is the primary method for distributing tickets purchased online. Tickets will be available via email for fans to download on their phone or print at home. Tickets can also be downloaded to Apple Wallet.
 
Southeastern enforces a clear bag policy for all ticketed events. For more information on the clear bag policy, visit www.LionSports.net/Clear.
 
DIAMOND CLUB / S CLUB
Fans interested in becoming active supporters of the baseball program are encouraged to join the Diamond Club. Lion baseball alums are encouraged to join the exclusive S Club, which is restricted to Southeastern athletic letter winners.
 
All membership fees and donations to both the Diamond Club and the S Club (baseball) are available for the exclusive use of the Southeastern baseball program. Membership information is available by contacting the Lion Athletics Association at laa@southeastern.edu or (985) 549-5091 or by visiting www.LionUp.com.
  
SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans are encouraged to follow the Southeastern Baseball social media accounts (@LionUpBaseball) on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to stay engaged with the program.
 
The latest updates are also available at www.LionSports.net and the Lions Gameday Experience app. Available for both Android and iOS devices, the Gameday app can be downloaded from the App Store and Google Play.
 
2025 SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
HAMMOND BRACKET PRESENTED BY GEOSURFACES
 
Thursday, May 15
Game 1 – No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 McNeese, 1 p.m.
Game 2 – No. 1 Southeastern vs. No. 8 New Orleans, 6 p.m.
 
Friday, May 16
Game 3 – Game 1 Loser vs. Game 2 Loser, 1 p.m. (Elimination game)
Game 4 – Game 1 Winner vs. Game 2 Winner, 6 p.m.
 
Saturday, May 17
Game 5 – Game 3 Winner vs. Game 4 Loser, 1 p.m. (Elimination game)
Game 6 – Game 4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 6 p.m.
 
Sunday, May 18
Game 7 – Game 6 Winner vs. Game 6 Loser. 1 p.m.*
 
* - Game 7 is only necessary if Game 5 winner also wins Game 6