Bethune-Cookman baseball wraps up regular-season SWAC championship
Bethune-Cookman's baseball team clinched its second straight SWAC regular-season title with a 12-1 win over Grambling State on Saturday.
The Bethune-Cookman Wildcats have put themselves in ideal position for an NCAA Tournament return. With a 12-1 blowout of Grambling State in their regular-season finale on May 16, the Wildcats (37-18) clinched the regular-season SWAC title for the second year in a row. That provided them with the No.
1 seed in the upcoming conference tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the league tourney in 2025 and advanced to the national bracket. It finished 10-0 in series against SWAC opponents this spring.
And it wasted no time against the Tigers. In the bottom of the first inning against Jackie Robinson Ballpark, the Wildcats set themselves up with nine runs. Maikol Lucena plated the first run on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch.
Jose Fernandez made it 2-0 on a fielder’s choice. The chaos kept coming. Erick Almonte stroked a two-run single to right field.