INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced on Sunday the eight-team field for the 2026 GLVC Softball Championship Tournament, scheduled for May 6 - May 9 in East Peoria, Ill. This season marks the 22nd consecutive year the league postseason tournament will be held at the EastSide Centre.
Regular Season Champion Indianapolis earned the No. 1 overall seed, while Missouri S&T secured the second seed, McKendree was tabbed as the 3-seed, Missouri-St. Louis claimed the 4-seed, Rockhurst was tabbed fifth, Illinois Springfield enters the postseason as the 6-seed, Maryville will be seeded No. 7, and Drury rounds out the field as the eighth seed.
The top-eight teams based on Conference winning percentage received a berth in the double-elimination tournament.
Game 1: #4 Missouri-St. Louis vs. #5 Rockhurst | Wednesday, May 6, 12:00 PM CT
- Missouri-St. Louis finished the season 26-24, 19-9 in conference
- The Tritons are making their 23rd appearance and first since 2024 with five conference titles to their name.
- Rockhurst finished the season 30-18, 17-10 in conference.
- The Hawks are making their tenth appearance in the GLVC postseason.
- UMSL defeated Rockhurst 3-2 and 10-2 in Kansas City on March 14.
Game 2: #3 McKendree vs. #6 Illinois Springfield | Wednesday, May 6, 1:00 PM CT
- McKendree went 40-12 overall and 21-7 in GLVC action during the regular season.
- The Bearcats are making their eighth appearance in the GLVC postseason and fourth in a row.
- UIS went 32-18 overall and 16-12 in GLVC action during the regular season.
- The Prairie Stars are making their 11th appearance in the GLVC postseason.
- McKendree defeated UIS 4-0 and 7-0 in Lebanon on April 19.
Game 3: #1 Indianapolis vs. #8 Drury | Wednesday, May 6, 3:00 PM CT
- Indianapolis went 53-3 overall and 27-1 in GLVC action during the regular season.
- UIndy is making its 36th appearance in the GLVC postseason and eighth in a row with four Conference titles to its name, winning in 2012, 2016, 2021, and 2025.
- Drury went 25-27 overall and 14-13 in GLVC action during the regular season.
- Drury is making its ninth appearance in the GLVC postseason and seventh consecutive.
- UIndy defeated Drury 5-4 and 3-1 in Springfield on March 29.
Game 4: #2 Missouri S&T vs. #7 Maryville | Wednesday, May 6, 4:00 PM CT
- S&T went 35-15 overall and 22-6 in GLVC action during the regular season.
- The Miners are making their ninth appearance in the GLVC postseason with one conference title to their name in 2024.
- Maryville went 25-23 overall and 15-13 in GLVC action during the regular season.
- The Saints are making their seventh appearance in the GLVC postseason.
- S&T defeated Maryville 7-2 and 7-5 in St. Louis on March 22.
Each day of the four-day event, ticket prices will be $15 for adults, $5 for youth (ages 6-12th grade) and students (with ID), and children 5 and under are free. Tickets should be purchased prior to arrival at
GLVCsports.com/tickets.
For complete coverage and tournament details, visit the Championship homepage at the link above (
http://glvcsports.com/2026softball). All games will be streamed live behind a paywall on
GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, as well as the GLVCSN OTT platforms on Roku TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. More broadcast information will be released later in the week.