2012 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas State University–San Marcos's Bobcat Ballpark in San Marcos, Texas. Texas–Arlington won their third Southland Conference Baseball Championship by a score of 13-4 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bobcat Ballpark San Marcos, TX
Champions	Texas–Arlington (3rd title)
Winning coach	Darin Thomas (1st title)
MVP	Travis Sibley, Texas–Arlington

2012 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‍^y	24	–	9		.727			40	–	22		.645
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	20	–	13		.606			39	–	21		.650
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	14		.576			36	–	25		.590
Texas State  ‍‍‍	19	–	14		.576			32	–	24		.571
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	17	–	16		.515			24	–	30		.444
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	16	–	17		.485			25	–	30		.455
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	16	–	17		.485			26	–	33		.441
Lamar  ‍‍‍	14	–	19		.424			22	–	30		.423
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	14	–	19		.424			24	–	33		.421
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	14	–	19		.424			19	–	32		.373
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	13	–	19		.406			26	–	28		.481
UTSA  ‍‍‍	11	–	21		.344			22	–	32		.407
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Sam Houston State	24	9	.727	–	1
Southeastern Louisiana	20	13	.606	4	2
Texas State	19	14	.576	5	3
Texas–Arlington	19	14	.576	5	4
McNeese State	17	16	.515	7	5
Stephen F. Austin	16	17	.485	8	6
Central Arkansas	16	17	.485	8	7
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	14	19	.424	10	8
Lamar	14	19	.424	10	–
Northwestern State	14	19	.424	10	–
Nicholls State	13	19	.406	10.5	–
UTSA	11	21	.344	12.5	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Sam Houston State	2
	8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	9
						4	Texas–Arlington	10
						8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	5
	4	Texas–Arlington	6
	5	McNeese State	2
											4	Texas–Arlington	7	—
										1	Sam Houston State	6	—
	1	Sam Houston State	7
	5	McNeese State	1
						1	Sam Houston State	4
						8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	3
																4	Texas–Arlington	13
																2	Southeastern Louisiana	4
	3	Texas State	11
	6	Stephen F. Austin	1
						2	Southeastern Louisiana	7
						3	Texas State	1
	2	Southeastern Louisiana	6
	7	Central Arkansas	3
											2	Southeastern Louisiana	3	5
										6	Stephen F. Austin	4	4
	6	Stephen F. Austin	7
	7	Central Arkansas	2
						3	Texas State	7
						6	Stephen F. Austin	9

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.	Name	School
C	Greg McCall	Texas–Arlington
1B	Bobby Loveless	Stephen F. Austin
2B	Michael Guerra	Texas–Arlington
SS	Hunter Dozier	Stephen F. Austin
3B	Travis Sibley	Texas–Arlington
OF	Jeff McVaney	Texas State
OF	Ladd Rhodes	Southeastern Louisiana
OF	Preston Beck	Texas–Arlington
DH	Max Lamantia	Stephen F. Austin
P	Lance Day	Texas–Arlington
P	Dylan Hills	Southeastern Louisiana

Most Valuable Player

Travis Sibley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sibley was a third baseman for Texas–Arlington.[3]

See also

• 2012 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

References

1. "2012 Southland Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
3. "UT Arlington Heading to NCAA Regional after Southland Tournament Win". Southland Conference. May 27, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2013.