Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

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Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
Conference Baseball Championship
Sport Baseball
Conference Southland Conference
Number of teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Current stadiumCampus sites
Played1964–1968, 1993–present
Last contest 2021
Current champion McNeese (4)
Most championships Sam Houston (6)
Official website Southland.org Baseball

The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southland Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

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Tournament

The Southland Conference Baseball Tournament is a double-elimination tournament held annually at various locations in the Southland Conference region. Before the departure of five members following the 2021 season, the eight teams with the best conference record at the end of the regular season earned berths in the tournament. Starting in 2022, all conference members will participate in the tournament (unless banned due to NCAA sanctions). The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Other teams have to hope for an at-large bid.

History

The Southland Conference tournament began in 1964. From 1964 through 1966 the tournament consisted of three teams. In 1967 and 1968 the tournament expanded to a four-team double-elimination tournament. This was all that constituted conference play for those seasons.

From 1969 until 1992, the Southland Conference did not have a baseball tournament. In some seasons, a championship series was held between division champions.

In 1993, the conference began holding a baseball tournament again. From 1993 through 1995, the tournament was a four team double-elimination tournament.

In 1996, it expanded to become a six team double-elimination tournament and remained that way until 2007.

In 2008, the tournament once again expanded and became an eight team double-elimination tournament.

In 2012, two brackets of four teams were added in a double-elimination format. The winner of each bracket plays in a championship game. This facilitates a television broadcast of the final.

After five schools left the conference following the 2021 season, the tournament format was changed for 2022. The top two seeds will host double-elimination tournaments that each involve four teams. The winner from each site will advance to a best-of-3 final hosted by the top surviving seed.

Starting in 2023, the event will move to Joe Miller Ballpark on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, reportedly as part of a deal that kept McNeese in the Southland after it had been courted by Conference USA and nearly joined the Western Athletic Conference. The agreement with McNeese initially runs for four years, with McNeese having the right of first refusal to continue as host after 2026. The future tournament format has not yet been announced. [1]

Champions

By year

Southland Conference Baseball Tournament (1964–1968, 1993–present)
YearSchoolSiteMVP
1964 Trinity ACC Field • Abilene, Texas
1965 Trinity Jonesboro, Arkansas
1966 Trinity Turnpike Stadium • Arlington, Texas [2]
1967 Arkansas State Price Daniel Field • Beaumont, Texas [3]
1968 Arkansas State Arlington, Texas
No tournament held (1969–1992)
1993 McNeese State Brown–Stroud Field • Natchitoches, Louisiana Clint Gould, McNeese State
1994 UTSA Brown–Stroud Field • Natchitoches, Louisiana Scott Pederson, UT San Antonio
1995 Louisiana–Monroe Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana Stacey Wilcox, Louisiana–Monroe
1996 Sam Houston State Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana Brent Bubela, Sam Houston State
1997 Texas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana Jeremy Fikac, Texas State
1998 Nicholls State Fair Grounds Field • Shreveport, Louisiana Jacques Jobert, Nicholls State
1999 Texas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana Matt Mize, UT Arlington
2000 Texas State Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana Shane Webb, Louisiana-Monroe
2001 Texas–Arlington Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, Texas K. J. Hendricks, UT Arlington
2002 Lamar Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, Texas Clay Hensley, Lamar
2003 McNeese State Warhawk Field • Monroe, Louisiana Rusty Begnaud, McNeese State
2004 Lamar Alumni Field • Hammond, Louisiana Jordan Foster, Lamar
2005 UTSA Brown–Stroud Field • Natchitoches, Louisiana Ryan Crew, UT San Antonio
2006 Texas–Arlington Vincent–Beck Stadium • Beaumont, Texas Ryan Riddle, UT Arlington
2007 Sam Houston State Brown–Stroud Field • Natchitoches, Louisiana Luke Prihoda, Sam Houston State
2008 Sam Houston State Don Sanders Stadium • Huntsville, Texas Bobby Verbick, Sam Houston State
2009 Sam Houston State Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, Texas Matt Shelton, Sam Houston State
2010 Lamar Whataburger Field • Corpus Christi, TexasAnthony Moore, Lamar
2011 Texas State Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, Texas Casey Kalenkosky, Texas State
2012 Texas–Arlington Bobcat Ballpark • San Marcos, Texas Travis Sibley, UT Arlington
2013 Central Arkansas Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas Forrestt Allday, Central Arkansas
2014 Southeastern Louisiana Bear Stadium • Conway, Arkansas [4] Tate Scioneaux, Southeastern Louisiana
2015 Houston Baptist Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas [4] Curtis Jones, Houston Baptist
2016 Sam Houston State Constellation Field • Sugar Land, Texas [4] Heath Donica, Sam Houston State
2017 Sam Houston State Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TexasRobie Rojas, Sam Houston State
2018 Northwestern State Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TexasDavid Fry, Northwestern State
2019 McNeese State [5] Constellation Field • Sugar Land, TexasAidan Anderson, McNeese State
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 McNeese [6] Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field • Hammond, LouisianaClayton Rasbeary, McNeese
2022Campus sites
2023 Joe Miller Ballpark, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2024Joe Miller Ballpark, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2025Joe Miller Ballpark, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2026Joe Miller Ballpark, Lake Charles, Louisiana

By school

Updated through 2021 Tournament. [7] [8]

SchoolAppearancesW-LPctTourney TitlesTitle YearsNotes
Sam Houston 1739–23.6296 1996, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016, 2017 Left conference in 2021.
McNeese 1824–27.4714 1993, 2003, 2019, 2021
Texas State 1735–28.5564 1997, 1999, 2000, 2011 Left conference in 2012.
Lamar 1733–27.5503 2002, 2004, 2010 Left conference in 1987. Returned in 1999. Left conference again in 2021. Returned in 2022.
Trinity 512–6.6673 1964, 1965, 1966 Left conference in 1972.
Texas–Arlington 1528–26.5193 2001, 2006, 2012 Left conference in 2012.
Arkansas State 511–6.6472 1967, 1968 Left conference in 1987.
UTSA 1219–20.4872 1994, 2005 Left conference in 2012.
Central Arkansas 613–10.5651 2013 Joined conference in 2006. Left conference in 2021.
Houston Baptist 310–4.7141 2015 Joined conference in 2013.
Louisiana–Monroe 1016–17.4851 1995 Left conference in 2006.
Nicholls 79–11.4501 1998
Northwestern State 2126–39.4001 2018
Southeastern Louisiana 1322–24.4781 2014 Joined conference in 1997.
Abilene Christian 62–12.1430Left conference in 1973. Returned in 2013. Left conference again in 2021.
New Orleans 35–5.5000Joined conference in 2014.
Oral Roberts 12–2.5000Conference member from 2012–2014.
Stephen F. Austin 77–14.3330Left conference in 2021.
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 711–14.4400Joined conference in 2006.

See also

Southland Conference Softball Tournament

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References

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  2. ↑ "Tiger Netters, Baseball Team Favored To Keep Southland Conference Titles". San Antonio Express. May 12, 1966. p. 3D.
  3. ↑ "Sports Festival Set Here May 11–13". John and Mary Gray Library – Lamar University (Digital Collection). The Redbird. May 5, 1967. Retrieved April 11, 2016. The conference track meet will start at 2 p.m. Friday and the baseball tourney will get underway Thursday at 10 a.m. at Price Daniel Field
  4. 1 2 3 "Southland Baseball Tournament Returns to Sugar Land". Southland Conference. August 22, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  5. ↑ Richard Dean (May 25, 2019). "McNeese State wins Southland baseball tournament". Hearst Newspapers, LLC. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  6. ↑ "McNeese Claims Second-Straight Southland Baseball Tournament Title" (Press release). Southland Conference. May 29, 2021. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
  7. ↑ Southland Baseball (PDF). Southland Conference. pp. 29–33. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  8. ↑ "2021 Southland Baseball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved July 12, 2021.
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