STATESBORO, Ga. – The Texas State baseball team defeated No. 18-ranked Coastal Carolina 7-5 in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship Friday night at J.I. Clements Stadium.
The Bobcats (29-29), seeded No. 8 in the tournament, advanced to the semifinals and will face either No. 4 Louisiana or No. 5 Georgia Southern at 5:30 p.m. May 27. The top-seeded Chanticleers (37-19-1) were the defending national champions and had won 11-straight games against league opposition before being eliminated from the postseason by the maroon and gold.
TXST now owns a 3-1 record over CCU this season.