2013 Southland Conference baseball tournament

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2013 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Central Arkansas  (1st title)
Winning coach Allen Gum  (1st title)
MVP Forrestt Allday (Central Arkansas)
2013 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Sam Houston State  y207 .7413822 .633
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  1710 .6303324 .579
Southeastern Louisiana  1611 .5933624 .600
Oral Roberts  1611 .5932532 .439
Lamar  1512 .5563920 .661
Stephen F. Austin  1512 .5562829 .491
No. 25 Central Arkansas  y1215 .4444222 .656
McNeese State  1017 .3702331 .426
Nicholls State  918 .3332629 .473
Northwestern State  522 .1851640 .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]

Contents

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 State 207.7411
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 1710.63032
Oral Roberts 1611.59343
Southeastern Louisiana 1611.59344
Lamar 1512.55655
Stephen F. Austin 1512.55656
Central Arkansas 1215.44487
McNeese State 1017.370108
Nicholls State 918.33311
Northwestern State 522.18515

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Sam Houston State 8
8 McNeese State 3
1Sam Houston State3
4Southeastern Louisiana5
4 Southeastern Louisiana 5
5 Lamar 3
4Southeastern Louisiana27
5Lamar122
5Lamar10
8McNeese State31Sam Houston State1
5Lamar3
4Southeastern Louisiana0
3 Oral Roberts 4
7Central Arkansas4
6 Stephen F. Austin 2
3Oral Roberts6
2Texas A&M-Corpus Christi1
2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5
7 Central Arkansas 3
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
1B Jameson Fisher Southeastern Louisiana
2BV.J. BunnerLamar
SSSam BumpersLamar
3BGarrett BrownCentral Arkansas
OFForrestt AlldayCentral Arkansas
OFLogan DomenicoOral Roberts
OFLadd RhodesSoutheastern Louisiana
DHSeth DornakLamar
P Jonathan Dziedzic Lamar
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.