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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‍y 20–7 .74138–22 .633
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 17–10 .63033–24 .579
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .59336–24 .600
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .59325–32 .439
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55639–20 .661
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .55628–29 .491
No. 25 Central Arkansas  ‍‍‡‍y 12–15 .44442–22 .656
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 10–17 .37023–31 .426
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .33326–29 .473
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 5–22 .18516–40 .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 through 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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Sam Houston State207.741–1
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi1710.63032
Oral Roberts1611.59343
Southeastern Louisiana1611.59344
Lamar1512.55655
Stephen F. Austin1512.55656
Central Arkansas1215.44487
McNeese State1017.370108
Nicholls State918.33311–
Northwestern State522.18515–

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Sam Houston State8
8McNeese State3
1Sam Houston State3
4Southeastern Louisiana5
4Southeastern Louisiana5
5Lamar3
4Southeastern Louisiana27
5Lamar122
5Lamar10
8McNeese State31Sam Houston State1
5Lamar3
4Southeastern Louisiana0
3Oral Roberts4
7Central Arkansas4
6Stephen F. Austin2
3Oral Roberts6
2Texas A&M-Corpus Christi1
2Texas A&M–Corpus Christi5
7Central Arkansas3
3Oral Roberts53
7Central Arkansas611
6Stephen F. Austin3
7Central Arkansas72Texas A&M- Corpus Christi1
7Central Arkansas8

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.NameSchool
CMichael MariettaCentral Arkansas
1BJameson FisherSoutheastern Louisiana
2BV.J. BunnerLamar
SSSam BumpersLamar
3BGarrett BrownCentral Arkansas
OFForrestt AlldayCentral Arkansas
OFLogan DomenicoOral Roberts
OFLadd RhodesSoutheastern Louisiana
DHSeth DornakLamar
PJonathan DziedzicLamar
PConnor GilmoreCentral Arkansas

Most Valuable Player

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

See also

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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