JONESBORO, Ark. (5/21/16) – The Arkansas State baseball team claimed the eighth seed in the 2016 Sun Belt Conference Tournament and will face the top seed, Louisiana-Lafayette, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 25 at Bobcat Ballpark in San Marcos, Texas.

The Red Wolves finished the regular season with a 27-27 overall mark and 13-17 record in league play, which was a full three games ahead of both Georgia State and ULM, who finished at 10-20.

Louisiana-Lafayette is currently ranked as high as No. 19 in the national polls and finished 37-19 overall with a 21-9 record in league play. South Alabama also concluded the regular season with a 21-9 SBC mark and is co-champions of the conference with ULL, but the Ragin' Cajuns earned the top seed in the tournament due to winning two out of three games against the Jaguars earlier this year.

The winner of Wednesday's first-round matchup between the Red Wolves and Ragin' Cajuns will face the winner of No. 4 Troy and No. 5 Texas State, while the loser will play the loser of that game. Troy and the host Bobcats will square off at 4 p.m. Wednesday. The other side of the bracket features No. 3 Little Rock taking on No. 6 Georgia Southern at 9 a.m., while No. 2 South Alabama will face No. 7 UT Arlington at 12:30 p.m.

This marks A-State's seventh consecutive year in the conference tournament and the Red Wolves are the only team in the league to post at least two wins in each year of the event over the six-year time span. This tournament field marks the first time since 2010 that all eight seeds have .500 or better overall winning percentages.

The first four games of the championship on Wednesday will be available via webstream on SunBeltSports.org. The remaining games, including Sunday's championship, will be aired live on ESPN3 and will be available on the WatchESPN app. All of A-State's games in the tournament can be listened to on 95.3 FM The Ticket/970 AM KNEA or on the Red Wolves Digital Network on AStateRedWolves.com.

Championship festivities get underway on Tuesday night with Championship Family Night, a celebration of this season's accomplishments both on and off the field for the student-athletes in attendance. There will be a home run derby, autograph session and much more for those in attendance.

For the latest on A-State baseball follow the team by logging onto the Arkansas State Baseball Facebook page or by following the team on Twitter (@ASTATEBaseball) and Instagram (arkansasstatebaseball).

1. UL Lafayette (37-19, 21-9 SBC) *

2. South Alabama (38-18, 21-9 SBC) *

3. Little Rock (26-26, 17-13 SBC) **

4. Troy (32-24, 17-13 SBC) **

5. Texas State (30-26, 16-14 SBC) ***

6. Georgia Southern (33-23, 16-14 SBC) ***

7. UT Arlington (29-26, 15-15 SBC)

8. Arkansas State (27-27, 13-17 SBC)

* - UL Lafayette and South Alabama finished tied with identical 21-9 Sun Belt records. The first tie-breaker looks at the head-to-head results of the two tied teams and UL Lafayette won two-of-three against South Alabama in the teams' conference series earlier this year, thus giving the Cajuns a share of the league's regular season title and the tournament's overall No. 1 seed.

** - Little Rock and Troy finished tied with identical 17-13 Sun Belt records. The first tie-breaker looks at the head-to-head results of the two tied teams and Little Rock swept all three from Troy in the teams' conference series earlier this year, thus giving Little Rock the No. 3 seed.

*** - Texas State and Georgia Southern finished tied with identical 16-14 Sun Belt records. The first tie-breaker looks at the head-to-head results of the two tied teams and Texas State swept all three from Georgia Southern in the teams' conference series earlier this year, thus giving the Bobcats the No. 5 seed in the tournament.

2016 Sun Belt Conference Tournament Schedule

Wednesday, May 25

Game 1: - 9:00 a.m. - No. 6 Georgia Southern vs. No. 3 Little Rock

Game 2: - 12:30 p.m. - No. 7 UT Arlington vs. No. 2 South Alabama

Game 3: - 4:00 p.m. - No. 4 Troy vs. No. 5 Texas State ^

Game 4: - 7:30 p.m. - No. 8 Arkansas State vs. No. 1 UL Lafayette

Thursday, May 26

Game 5: - 9:00 a.m. - Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2

Game 6: - 12:30 p.m. - Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 4

Game 7: - 4:00 p.m. - Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2

Game 8: - 7:30 p.m. - Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4

Friday, May 27

Game 9: - 3:00 p.m. - Winner Game 5 vs. Loser Game 7

Game 10: - 6:30 p.m. - Winner Game 6 vs. Loser Game 8

Saturday, May 28

Game 11: - 9:00 a.m. - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9

Game 12: - 12:30 p.m. - Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 10

Game 13: - 4:00 p.m. - *Winner Game 11 vs. Loser Game 11

Game 14: - 7:30 p.m. - #Winner Game 12 vs. Loser Game 12

* Game 13 is necessary if the winner of Game 9 also wins Game 11.

# Game 14 is necessary if the winner of Game 10 also wins Game 12.

Championship Sunday, May 29

Game 13: - 1:00 p.m. - Winner Game 11/13 vs. Winner Game 12/14 (ESPN3)

NOTE: All games are Central Time and are Subject to Change without Notice

^ - Texas State, as tournament host, reserved the right to choose the playing time of its first round game only and the Bobcats chose to play in the 4:00 p.m. CT time slot, which was the original time slot for the No. 4 vs. No. 5 matchup.