2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

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2013 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Arkansas (1st title)
Winning coachAllen Gum (1st title)
MVPForrestt Allday (Central Arkansas)
2013 Southland Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‍y 20 – 7   .741 38 – 22   .633
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 17 – 10   .630 33 – 24   .579
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 36 – 24   .600
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍ 16 – 11   .593 25 – 32   .439
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 39 – 20   .661
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 15 – 12   .556 28 – 29   .491
No. 25 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‡‍y 12 – 15   .444 42 – 22   .656
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 17   .370 23 – 31   .426
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 18   .333 26 – 29   .473
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 5 – 22   .185 16 – 40   .286
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The event returned to a neutral site after two seasons on campus. In the championship game, seventh-seeded Central Arkansas defeated fourth-seeded Southeastern Louisiana, 4-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Central Arkansas earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

Seeding and format[]

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Sam Houston State 20 7 .741 – 1
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 17 10 .630 3 2
Oral Roberts 16 11 .593 4 3
Southeastern Louisiana 16 11 .593 4 4
Lamar 15 12 .556 5 5
Stephen F. Austin 15 12 .556 5 6
Central Arkansas 12 15 .444 8 7
McNeese State 10 17 .370 10 8
Nicholls State 9 18 .333 11 –
Northwestern State 5 22 .185 15 –

Results[]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Sam Houston State 8
8 McNeese State 3
1 Sam Houston State 3
4 Southeastern Louisiana 5
4 Southeastern Louisiana 5
5 Lamar 3
4 Southeastern Louisiana 2 7
5 Lamar 12 2
5 Lamar 10
8 McNeese State 3
1 Sam Houston State 1
5 Lamar 3
4 Southeastern Louisiana 0
7 Central Arkansas 4
3 Oral Roberts 4
6 Stephen F. Austin 2
3 Oral Roberts 6
2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1
2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5
7 Central Arkansas 3
3 Oral Roberts 5 3
7 Central Arkansas 6 11
6 Stephen F. Austin 3
7 Central Arkansas 7
2 Texas A&M- Corpus Christi 1
7 Central Arkansas 8

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Pos. Name School
C Michael Marietta Central Arkansas
1B Jameson Fisher Southeastern Louisiana
2B V.J. Bunner Lamar
SS Sam Bumpers Lamar
3B Garrett Brown Central Arkansas
OF Forrestt Allday Central Arkansas
OF Logan Domenico Oral Roberts
OF Ladd Rhodes Southeastern Louisiana
DH Seth Dornak Lamar
P Jonathan Dziedzic Lamar
P Connor Gilmore Central Arkansas

Most Valuable Player[]

Central Arkansas outfielder Forrestt Allday was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

See also[]

2013 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

References[]

  1. ^ 2014 Southland Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 17. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Bearkats Picked to Win 2013 Southland Conference Baseball Title". Southland Conference. January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "Southland Conference's 50th Baseball Season Starts Friday". Southland Conference. February 14, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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