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The 2013 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 26 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. Third seeded Elon won their second tournament champion to earn the league's bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This was the last of 18 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2012–13 academic year.
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The 2014 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 14 through May 18, 2014. Jackson State won their sixteenth tournament championship, and second in a row, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The event was originally scheduled for LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas, but was moved due to concerns about player safety.
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The 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 18 through May 22. Alabama State won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Hornets swept through the tournament after completed an undefeated season in the conference's regular season.
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The 2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 16 through May 20. As winner of the tournament, Texas Southern earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 15 through May 19. The winner of the tournament, Southern, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 18, 2019 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Florida A&M, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Bethune-Cookman had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015, and Savannah State in 2013.
The 2019 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 12–16, 2019. Tournament first-round games were held on campus sites at the higher seed on March 12. The remaining rounds and the semifinals and championship at Bill Harris Arena in Birmingham, Alabama. The winner, Southern, received the Southwestern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
The 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Toyota Field in Madison, Alabama from May 19 through May 23. Southern won the Tournament for the 17th time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
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- ↑ "Baseball standings". SWAC.org. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 SWAC Baseball Tournament Moves to Texas". Southwestern Athletic Conference. March 8, 2013. Retrieved April 30, 2013.
- ↑ "SWAC Baseball Tournament Central". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 13, 2013.
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