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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. <\/strong>\u2013 Jacksonville Baseball has earned the No. 5 seed in the 2026 ASUN Baseball Championship and will open postseason play against No. 7 seed Austin Peay on Tuesday, May 19 at 2 p.m. at Melching Field at Conrad Park in DeLand, Florida.<\/p>\n [ESPN+<\/a>] | [TOURNAMENT CENTRAL<\/a>]\u00a0<\/p>\n The Dolphins enter postseason play at 29-24 overall and 16-14 in ASUN action after finishing fifth in the final conference seeding, which was determined by RPI following the top four seeds.<\/p>\n The opening two rounds of the ASUN Championship will be single elimination before shifting into a double-elimination format beginning Thursday. Tuesday’s winner between Jacksonville and Austin Peay will advance to face No. 4 seed North Alabama on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Jacksonville returns to Melching Field just one week after concluding the regular season road slate at Stetson, where the Dolphins won the series opener and secured a spot in the conference tournament. The series\u00a0featured a weather delay on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.<\/p>\n The Dolphins also closed the regular season by holding No. 3 seed FGCU to just six runs across a three-game series, and securing the season set,\u00a04-2.<\/p>\n Jacksonville and Austin Peay will meet for the first time since the 2025 ASUN Championship, when the Governors earned a 9-1 win over the Dolphins in DeLand. JU remained alive in the tournament following the loss, later defeating North Alabama 3-2 before its season came to an end against FGCU.<\/p>\n The Governors won two of three meetings between the teams during the 2024 regular season in Clarksville. Current Dolphins Clayton Hodges<\/a>, Nick DeLisi<\/a>, Cade Hentz<\/a>, Conner Spelman<\/a> and Scout Updike<\/a> all appeared in that series.<\/p>\n Austin Peay holds an\u00a08-5 all-time advantage in the matchup.<\/p>\n Additional tournament coverage, including live stats, streaming links and game coverage, will be available throughout the week on JUDolphins.com and the team’s social media accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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