2019 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

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2019 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMcNeese State (3rd title)
Winning coachJustin Hill (1st title)
MVP()
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 20 10   .667 31 25   .554
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 33 27   .550
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 32 27   .542
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 37 22   .627
McNeese State  ‍‍y 16 14   .533 35 26   .574
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 25 33   .431
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 15 15   .500 30 25   .545
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 14 16   .467 31 26   .544
New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 29 27   .518
Abilene Christian  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 26 26   .500
Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 27 28   .491
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 18 35   .340
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 18 36   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The winner of the tournament, McNeese State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

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.

Results[]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Sam Houston State 1
8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2
8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 2
5 McNeese State 7
4 Incarnate Word 1
5 McNeese State 2
5 McNeese State 5
4 Incarnate Word 4
1 Sam Houston State 2
4 Incarnate Word 3
4 Incarnate Word 5
8 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 4
5 McNeese State 4
2 Central Arkansas 2
3 Southeastern Louisiana 0
6 Stephen F. Austin 5
6 Stephen F. Austin 0
2 Central Arkansas 11
2 Central Arkansas 2
7 Northwestern State 0
2 Central Arkansas 3 6
3 Southeastern Louisiana 9 310
3 Southeastern Louisiana 6
7 Northwestern State 4
3 Southeastern Louisiana 4
6 Stephen F. Austin 3

Conference championship[]

Southland Conference Championship
(2) Central Arkansas Bears vs. (5) McNeese State Cowboys
May 25, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (CDT) at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(2) Central Arkansas 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 2
(5) McNeese State 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4 12 1
WP: Aidan Anderson (7–6)   LP: Tanner Wiley (1–2)   Sv: Will Dion (6)
Attendance: 1,189

References[]

  1. ^ "Southland Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
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