2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

Last updated
2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double elimination
Finals site
Champions Southern  (27th title)
Winning coach Kerrick Jackson  (1st title)
MVP Tyler LaPorte ((Southern))
TelevisionSWAC DN (Friday & Saturday)
ESPNews (Championship)
2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Alabama State  x185 .7832826 .519
Jackson State  159 .6253124 .564
Alabama A&M  1211 .5221635 .314
Alcorn State  716 .3041431 .311
Mississippi Valley State  617 .261827 .229
West
Southern  xy176 .7393224 .571
Grambling State  168 .6672725 .519
Texas Southern  1311 .5422034 .370
Prairie View A&M  914 .3911835 .340
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  319 .136842 .160
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 15 through 19. The winner of the tournament, Southern, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

The double elimination tournament featured four teams from each division.

Seeding and format

The four eligible teams in each division will be seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.

Bracket

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1EAlabama State11
4W Prairie View A&M 4
1EAlabama State5
2W Grambling State 3
2WGrambling State14
3E Alcorn State 4
1EAlabama State9 5
2W Grambling State 152
4WPrairie View A&M4
3E Alcorn State 1
4W Prairie View A&M 8
2WGrambling State9
1E Alabama State 0
1WSouthern15
1WSouthern11
4E Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7
1WSouthern10
3W Texas Southern 9
2E Jackson State 4
3WTexas Southern5
1WSouthern6 7
3W Texas Southern 86
4E Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4
2EJackson State14
2E Jackson State 3
3WTexas Southern6

[3]

Game summaries

Conference championship

SWAC Championship Game
(1E) Alabama State Hornetsvs.(1W) Southern Jaguars
May 19, 2019, 3:30 pm at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, 73 °F (23 °C), overcast
Team123456789 R H E
(1W) Southern12004340115160
(1E) Alabama State000000000030
WP: Eli Finney (6–2)   LP: Darren Kelly (6–3)
Home runs:
SOU: Tyler LaPorte (1); Bobby Johnson (1)
ASU: None

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References

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