JACKSON, Miss. – Wiley University Wildcats have won the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Regular Season Title and the No. 1 seed in the GCAC 2024 Hope Credit Union Baseball Championship. The double-elimination tournament, presented by Hank Aaron Sports Academy and Colombean Coffee, will occur at Smith-Wills Stadium in Jackson, Miss. General admission is $10 per person. Tickets for the championship are available online and at the admission gate.

No. 1 seed Wiley Wildcats (18-3, 24-17) ended the regular season on a five-game win streak, taking two of three games from Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO) and sweeping Philander Smith University. The Wildcats will take on the No. 8 Philander Smith Panthers (2-19, 2-30) at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24.

The Talladega College Tornadoes (17-3, 32-15) are the No. 2  seed and will take on the No. 7 Oakwood University Ambassadors (2-19, 2-33) to cap off day one. First pitch is set for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday.

Defending champions, Dillard University Bleu Devils enter this year’s tournament as the No. 3 seed and are riding the wave on a 10-game conference winning streak. They will take on No. 6 seeded Tougaloo College Bulldogs at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Rounding out this year’s bracket is another rematch from the end of the regular season, with No. 4 SUNO Knights (12-8, 16-19) battling No. 5 Rust College Bearcats (10-11, 14-31). SUNO, the GCAC’s new kids, recently took two of three games from the 2023 Regular Season Championships and Championship Tournament Runners-Up Bearcats.

Tickets for the championship and tournament information are available online at the Baseball Championship Tournament Central. Tickets can also be purchased at the stadium admission gate. Media credentials are available by request only at bit.ly/gcac-credentials.

The GCAC 2024 Hope Credit Union Baseball Championship kicks off Tuesday, April 23, with the Welcome Reception sponsored by Hank Aaron Sports Academy.

Fans can watch all the GCAC 2024 Hope Credit Union Baseball Championship action live on the GCAC Network on HBCU+.