WALESKA, Ga. – Bryan College softball is headed to the 2026 Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) Softball Tournament as the No. 4 seed, set to open play on Monday, April 27.
The five-day tournament runs April 27 through May 1 at the Brickyard Ball Fields in Kingsport, Tenn.

Tickets are available for purchase by clicking here. For those unable to attend in person, all games will be streamed live online. To watch, click here.

The Lions finished the regular season with a 26-22 overall record and a 16-10 mark in conference play, earning the fourth seed in the ten-team double-elimination field. As the No. 4 seed, Bryan will open tournament play against No. 5 Pikeville (27-13, 15-11 AAC) on Monday, April 27 at 3 p.m.

Johnson and Reinhardt enter as regular-season co-champions, each finishing 19-7 in conference play. Johnson holds the No. 1 seed after sweeping its season series against Reinhardt. The AAC sends two automatic bids to the NAIA National Championship Tournament — one to the regular-season champion and one to the tournament champion.

To view the full bracket, click here.

Here are the seeds for the tournament:

1. Johnson (29-16, 19-7 AAC)*
2. Reinhardt (23-9, 19-7 AAC)*
3. Brenau (27-15, 18-8 AAC)
4. Bryan (26-22, 16-10 AAC)
5. Pikeville (27-13, 15-11 AAC)**
6. Truett McConnell (26-17, 15-11 AAC)**
7. Milligan (20-20, 14-12 AAC)***
8. Columbia International (31-15, 14-12 AAC)***
9. Spartanburg Methodist (29-16, 12-14 AAC)
10. Columbia (23-23, 9-17 AAC)****

*-Johnson and Reinhardt tied for the regular-season championship, but Johnson swept the season series from Reinhardt to earn the No. 1 seed.
**-Pikeville swept the season series from Truett McConnell to earn the No. 5 seed.
***-Milligan and Columbia International split their season series and scored the same number of runs (7) against each other. However, Milligan went 2-0 against Johnson, while Columbia International went 0-2 to earn the No. 7 seed.
****-Columbia and Union Commonwealth tied for the No. 10 seed, but Columbia swept the season series to earn the postseason berth.

Here's the complete tournament schedule:

Tournament Schedule
Monday, April 27
Game 1 - No. 8 Columbia International (31-15) vs. No. 9 Spartanburg Methodist (29-16), 11 am
Game 2 - No. 7 Milligan (20-20) vs. No. 10 Columbia (23-23), 1 pm
Game 3 - No. 4 Bryan (26-22) vs. No. 5 Pikeville (27-13), 3 pm
Game 4 - No. 3 Brenau (27-15) vs. No. 6 Truett McConnell (26-17), 5 pm

Tuesday, April 28
Game 5 - Game 2 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser, 11 am
Game 6 - Game 1 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser, 1 pm
Game 7 - No. 1 Johnson (29-16 vs. Game 1 Winner, 3 pm
Game 8 - No. 2 Reinhardt (23-9) vs. Game 2 Winner, 5 pm

Wednesday, April 29
Game 9 - Game 5 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser, 11 am
Game 10 - Game 6 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser, 1 pm
Game 11 - Game 3 Winner vs. Game 7 Winner, 3 pm
Game 12 - Game 4 Winner vs. Game 8 Winner, 5 pm

Thursday, April 30
Game 13 - Game 9 Winner vs. Game 11 Loser, 11 am
Game 14 - Game 10 Winner vs. Game 12 Loser, 1 pm
Game 15 - Game 11 Winner vs. Game 12 Winner, 3 pm
Game 16 - Game 13 Winner vs. Game 14 Winner, 5 pm

Friday, May 1
Game 17 - Game 15 Loser vs. Game 16 Winner, 11 am
Game 18 - Championship Game 1 - Game 15 Winner vs. Game 17 Winner, 1 pm
Game 19 - Championship Game 2 - Game 18 Winner vs. Game 18 Loser, 1 hour after Game 18 (if necessary, if it is Game 18 Loser's first loss of the tournament)