Bracket Set for 2026 CAA Softball Championship
RICHMOND, Va. – The area is about for the 2026 CAA Softball Championship as Hofstra earned the North Division crown, whereas UNCW and Campbell break up the South Division title.
The four-day competitors is scheduled to start on Wednesday, May 6, and run via Saturday, May 9. All championship contests from Hunt Softball Park in Elon, N.C., shall be streamed reside on FloCollege.
The Pride completed with a 29-21 general mark and a 21-3 convention file to earn the event’s prime seed. Led by first-year Head Coach Susan Cassidy-Lyke, Hofstra secured essentially the most convention wins since becoming a member of the CAA and the second-most in program historical past. The Pride will see their first postseason motion on Thursday, May 7, as they’ll await the winner of recreation one.
UNCW (31-17, 18-6) and Campbell (32-21, 18-6) went all the way down to the wire on Friday in a winner-take-all rubber match to settle the second seed. After falling within the sequence opener, the Seahawks swept the doubleheader by enduring a 10-8 slugfest victory and edging out a 5-3 win to lock within the first-round bye. UNCW will await the winner of recreation two within the 2:30 contest on May 7.
The third-seeded Camels will tackle sixth-seeded Elon (18-31, 12-12), who secured the ultimate spot with an 8-6 extra-inning victory on Friday, to start their postseason slate. The two groups will sq. off at 2:30 p.m. on May 6.
Stony Brook claimed the fourth seed within the CAA Tournament after an unbelievable comeback effort of their season finale towards Drexel. The Seawolves had been held and not using a hit via the primary six innings earlier than rattling off 4 runs within the backside of the seventh and securing a 4-3 walk-off victory to punch their ticket to the CAA Softball Championship. Stony Brook will tackle fifth-seeded Charleston within the postseason opener at midday on Wednesday. The Cougars return to the postseason slate for the second consecutive season, and first beneath the path of first-year Head Coach Maggie Mrowka.
Wednesday, May 6
Game 1: No. 4 Stony Brook vs. No. 5 Charleston – 12 p.m.
Game 2: No. 3 Campbell vs. No. 6 Elon – 2:30 p.m.
Game 3: Loser of Game 1 vs. Loser of Game 2 – 5 p.m.
Thursday, May 7
Game 4: No. 1 Hofstra vs. Winner of Game 1 – 12 p.m.
Game 5: No. 2 UNCW vs. Winner of Game 2 – 2:30 p.m.
Game 6: Winner of Game 3 vs. Lower Seed of Games 4 & 5 Losers – 5 p.m.
Friday, May 8
Game 7: Winner of Game 4 vs. Winner of Game 5 – 12 p.m.
Game 8: Winner of Game 6 vs. Higher Seed Games 4 & 5 Losers – 2:30 p.m.
Game 9: Winner of Game 8 vs. Loser of Game 7 – 5 p.m.
Saturday, May 9
Game 10: Winner of Game 7 vs. Winner of Game 9 – 12 p.m.
Game 11: If Necessary – 2:30 p.m.
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