JACKSON, Tenn. – No. 2 seed Loyola defeated No. 1 seed William Carey 9-7 to win the 2025 SSAC Baseball Championship Sunday at Rockabillys Stadium.
 
Loyola and William Carey receive automatic bids to the 2025 NAIA National Championship Opening Round after winning their pools. The remaining SSAC teams will await word on possible at-large selections May 7. 
 
The Opening Round will take place May 12-15 at campus sites, with the Avista NAIA Baseball World Series set for May 23-31. 
 
History

• The Wolf Pack won their first SSAC Baseball Championship after reaching the title game for the first time in program history
• The win snapped a stretch where the Crusaders have won three of the last four titles

 
Inside The Box Score

• Brady Bowen got the win with five innings of five-strikeout ball
• Caden Durand worked around some baserunners to toss 1.2 innings of shutout relief for the save
• Garrett Felix had a four-hit day for the Wolf Pack, while Landon Manson and Myles Liggans each went 2-for-4 with one RBI
• William Carey got three hits, a homer and three RBI from DeeJay Booth and a pair of hits from Tyler Ducksworth

 
Key Moments

• The Wolf Pack opened the scoring with a two-run first, starting with Cole Romero’s RBI-double
• WCU left the bases loaded in the second and the Wolf Pack plated three more in the fourth, with Garrett Felix delivering a two-out, two-run single
• The Crusaders answered with a pair in the fourth after Eli Collins and Tyler Ducksworth reached safely to open the inning
• Following the WCU two-spot, the Wolf Pack plated two runs in each of the next two frames to regain control, with Cole Romero capping the sixth with a sac fly