2022 Southland Conference baseball tournament

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2022 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southeastern Louisiana  (2nd title)
Winning coach Matt Riser  (2nd title)
MVP Preston Faulkner (Southeastern Louisiana)
Television ESPN+
2022 Southland Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
McNeese State  159 .6253423 .596
Southeastern Louisiana  y1410 .5833029 .508
New Orleans  1311 .5423023 .566
Nicholls  1212 .5002625 .510
Northwestern State  1212 .5002529 .463
Houston Baptist  1113 .4581836 .333
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  1014 .4172728 .491
Incarnate Word  915 .3752131 .404
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 8, 2023 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 19 through 21 and May 26 to 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament. McNeese State and Southeastern Louisiana were the top two seeds in the conference, so all first-round games were played at Joe Miller Ballpark in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field in Hammond, Louisiana. The finals were held Miller Park in Lake Charles.

Contents

Southeastern Louisiana won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the Auburn Regional of the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with #1 McNeese and #2 Southeastern Louisiana each winning their brackets and meeting in a best of three series. Southeastern took the conference championship two games to one to advance the NCAA tournament.

Results

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 McNeese State 12
8 Incarnate Word 6
1 McNeese State8
4 Nicholls 4
4 Nicholls 7
5 Northwestern State 6
1 McNeese State7
Joe Miller BallparkLake Charles, LA
8 Incarnate Word 2
8 Incarnate Word14
5 Northwestern State 10
8 Incarnate Word9
4 Nicholls 8
1 McNeese State 62 7
2 Southeastern Louisiana512311
3 New Orleans 10
6 Houston Baptist 3
3 New Orleans10
7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi9
2 Southeastern Louisiana 5
7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 6
3 New Orleans 4 3
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni FieldHammond, LA
2 Southeastern Louisiana257410
6 Houston Baptist 4
2 Southeastern Louisiana12
2 Southeastern Louisiana18
7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi11

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References

  1. "2022 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
  2. "2021-22 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  3. "2022 Southland Baseball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 19, 2022.