2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament

2016 Southland Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Constellation Field Sugar Land, Texas
Champions	Sam Houston State  (5th title)
Winning coach	Matt Deggs  (1st title)
MVP	Heath Donica (Sam Houston State)
Television	ESPN3
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2016 Southland Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‡‍y	24	–	6		.800			42	–	22		.656
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍y	22	–	8		.733			40	–	21		.656
Lamar  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			35	–	19		.648
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			33	–	24		.579
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			29	–	27		.518
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			31	–	25		.554
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	26		.544
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			30	–	30		.500
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			26	–	30		.464
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			24	–	29		.453
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	8	–	20		.286			19	–	32		.373
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍	8	–	21		.276			16	–	37		.302
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍	5	–	22		.185			13	–	38		.255
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament * Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II As of June 11, 2016 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Sam Houston State won their fifth Tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II. ^{[2] [3]}

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, will be seeded one through eight. They will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Every game of the tournament will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN3. ^[4]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Sam Houston State	24	6	.800	—	1
Southeastern Louisiana	22	8	.733	2	2
Northwestern State	20	10	.667	4	3
Lamar	20	10	.667	4	4
Central Arkansas	16	14	.533	8	5
McNeese State	15	15	.500	9	6
New Orleans	14	16	.467	10	7
Stephen F. Austin	14	16	.467	10	8
Nicholls State	14	16	.467	10	—
Houston Baptist	12	18	.400	12	—
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	8	20	.286	15	—
Abilene Christian	8	21	.276	15.5	—
Incarnate Word	5	22	.185	17.5	—

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Sam Houston State	5
	8	Stephen F. Austin	3
						1	Sam Houston State	12
						5	Central Arkansas	2
	4	Lamar	0
	5	Central Arkansas	3
											1	Sam Houston State	0	8
											8	Stephen F. Austin	1	2
	8	Stephen F. Austin	5
	4	Lamar	2			5	Central Arkansas	4
						8	Stephen F. Austin	10
																	1	Sam Houston State	7
	3	Northwestern State	0
																	2	Southeastern Louisiana	4
	6	McNeese State	3
						6	McNeese State	0
						2	Southeastern Louisiana	10
	2	Southeastern Louisiana	5
	7	New Orleans	4
											2	Southeastern Louisiana	4	—
											6	McNeese State	1	—
	3	Northwestern State	5
	7	New Orleans	6			6	McNeese State	813
						7	New Orleans	4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. ^[3]

Name	School
Webb Bobo	Southeastern Louisiana
Carson Crites	Southeastern Louisiana
Conner Fikes	Stephen F. Austin
Jameson Fisher	Southeastern Louisiana
Kaleb Fontenot	McNeese State
Lance Miles	Sam Houston State
Nick Ramos	Stephen F. Austin
Robie Rojas	Sam Houston State
Mac Scerole	Southeastern Louisiana
Jacob Seward	Southeastern Louisiana
Zach Smith	Sam Houston State

Most Valuable Player

Heath Donica was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Donica was a junior pitcher for Sam Houston State. ^[3]

References

1. "Southland Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
2. "2015-16 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
3. "Sam Houston State Wins 2016 Tournament". Southland Conference. May 29, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
4. "Southland Conference on ESPN3". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.