2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The event returned to a neutral site after two seasons on campus. In the championship game, seventh-seeded Central Arkansas defeated fourth-seeded Southeastern Louisiana, 4-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Central Arkansas earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

2013 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Arkansas (1st title)
Winning coachAllen Gum (1st title)
MVPForrestt Allday, Central Arkansas
2013 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Sam Houston State  y 207 .741  3822 .633
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi   1710 .630  3324 .579
Southeastern Louisiana   1611 .593  3624 .600
Oral Roberts   1611 .593  2532 .439
Lamar   1512 .556  3920 .661
Stephen F. Austin   1512 .556  2829 .491
No. 25 Central Arkansas  y 1215 .444  4222 .656
McNeese State   1017 .370  2331 .426
Nicholls State   918 .333  2629 .473
Northwestern State   522 .185  1640 .286
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Sam Houston State207.7411
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi1710.63032
Oral Roberts1611.59343
Southeastern Louisiana1611.59344
Lamar1512.55655
Stephen F. Austin1512.55656
Central Arkansas1215.44487
McNeese State1017.370108
Nicholls State918.33311
Northwestern State522.18515

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Sam Houston State 8  
8 McNeese State 3  
  1 Sam Houston State 3  
  4 Southeastern Louisiana 5  
4 Southeastern Louisiana 5
5 Lamar 3  
  4 Southeastern Louisiana 2 7  
  5 Lamar 12 2  
5 Lamar 10  
8 McNeese State 3  
  1 Sam Houston State 1
  5 Lamar 3  
  4 Southeastern Louisiana 0
  7 Central Arkansas 4
3 Oral Roberts 4  
6 Stephen F. Austin 2  
  3 Oral Roberts 6
  2 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 1  
2 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5
7 Central Arkansas 3  
  3 Oral Roberts 5 3
  7 Central Arkansas 6 11  
6 Stephen F. Austin 3  
7 Central Arkansas 7  
  2 Texas A&M- Corpus Christi 1
  7 Central Arkansas 8  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.NameSchool
CMichael MariettaCentral Arkansas
1BJameson FisherSoutheastern Louisiana
2BV.J. BunnerLamar
SSSam BumpersLamar
3BGarrett BrownCentral Arkansas
OFForrestt AlldayCentral Arkansas
OFLogan DomenicoOral Roberts
OFLadd RhodesSoutheastern Louisiana
DHSeth DornakLamar
PJonathan DziedzicLamar
PConnor GilmoreCentral Arkansas

Most Valuable Player

Central Arkansas outfielder Forrestt Allday was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

See also

2013 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

References

  1. 2014 Southland Conference Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 17. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. "Bearkats Picked to Win 2013 Southland Conference Baseball Title". Southland Conference. January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  4. "Southland Conference's 50th Baseball Season Starts Friday". Southland Conference. February 14, 2013. Archived from the original on July 5, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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