MARION, Ill. – Top-seeded Missouri S&T and second-seeded Missouri-St. Louis will face-off in the 2026 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) Baseball championships at Mtn. Dew Park on Saturday at 12 p.m. CT.
This is the first time the Tritons have made the GLVC Championship game since 2003, and the third time in school history. For Missouri S&T, this the second year in a row that they have made the championship game, winning the tournament in 2025.
For the fifth time in recorded league history, the top-two seeds will battle for the title, with the last occurrence coming in 2021.
The Tritons will only need to win one of the two games while the Miners will need to win both to retain the crown and earn the leagues automatic bid to the NCAA Regional.
No. 2 MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS 11, No. 1 MISSOURI S&T 1 (7 inn.)
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UMSL,
S&T
- UMSL exploded to an early lead, using a 6-run first inning to cruise to the victory.
- UMSL’s Justin Terhaar added RBIs in the third and fifth innings to extend the lead to 8-0.
- UMSL’s Bennett Cagle hit a homerun in the sixth to put the game at 9-0 and one run away from a run rule.
- S&T added a run in the top of the seventh off a Will Muench sacrifice fly.
- UMSL’s LJ Randle hit an RBI triple and Justin Terhaar singled to left center to drive home Randle and run rule S&T 11-1.
- UMSL’s Garrett Brunstetter went all seven innings, striking out four and only allowing three hits
- S&T’s Jake Schisler went 5.1 innings in relief and struck out four.
No. 1 MISSOURI S&T 14, No. 3 INDIANAPOLIS 10
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S&T,
UINDY
- In the most back and forth affair of the night, UINDY got out to the early lead with a Chase Mason single in the first inning.
- S&T responded with a Nick Krodinger two-run homerun in the third.
- UINDY added a couple runs in the fourth off an Austin Bode single and a Gavin Duran groundout.
- S&T then leveled it with a Will Muench single.
- UINDY went on to score six runs unanswered with two sacrifice hits and another bunt single.
- S&T then scored 11 unanswered runs in response with Garrett Meyer grabbing the RBIs and Nick Hooper hitting a single that drove in Bricen Smith that gave S&T the lead.
- UINDY added a late run off a Duran single.
- S&T’s Dylan Wipf came in the ninth inning and struck out two Greyhounds
- UINDY’s Kaleb Marrs threw 6.2 innings and struck out five batters.
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