BEAUMONT, Texas – After a thrilling opening round of the 2026 Southland Conference Baseball playoffs, the second-seeded Lamar University Cardinals have advanced to the championship series and will face rival, and No. 5 seed McNeese, beginning Thursday. Tickets for the SLC Championship series are now on sale through the LU Ticket Office.  
 
General admission tickets are $12 while reserved seating is $20. Series passes are not being sold, and game three tickets will go on sale following game two (if necessary). Tickets can be purchased at lamarcardinals.com/buytickets or by clicking HERE. For more information, please contact Jonathan Scroggins at (409) 880-1715.
 
The series will run Thursday through Saturday at Vincent-Beck Stadium with all three games slated for a 6 p.m. start.
 
Lamar is seeking its first SLC tournament title since 2010 with the 2026 title series marking the first time the two Battle of the Border rivals have met in the championship. When the two teams squared off back in March, Big Red took the series, 2-1. Lamar dropped the opening game but battled back to win games two and three.