2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–24. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's fourteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bear Stadium on the campus of Central Arkansas University in Conway, Arkansas. The event returned to a campus environment for one year before again being played at neutral Sugar Land, Texas in 2015 and 2016. Southeastern Louisiana won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4][5]

2014 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bear Stadium Conway, AR
Champions	Southeastern Louisiana (1st title)
Winning coach	Matt Riser (1st title)
MVP	Tate Scioneaux, Southeastern Louisiana

2014 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Sam Houston State  ‍†‍‍^y	22	–	8		.733			41	–	17		.707
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	21	–	9		.700			32	–	26		.552
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			33	–	26		.559
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			31	–	27		.534
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	12		.600			37	–	23		.617
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			32	–	22		.593
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			30	–	28		.517
Lamar  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			31	–	25		.554
Oral Roberts  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	26		.536
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			23	–	28		.451
Incarnate Word*  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			18	–	32		.360
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			20	–	35		.364
Abilene Christian*  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			17	–	35		.327
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	2	–	28		.067			11	–	38		.224
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 24, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight. They will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Sam Houston State	22	8	.733	–	1
Nicholls State	21	9	.700	1	2
Northwestern State	19	11	.633	3	4
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	19	11	.633	3	3
Southeastern Louisiana	18	12	.600	4	5
Central Arkansas	17	13	.567	5	6
McNeese State	17	13	.567	5	7
Lamar	16	14	.533	6	8
Oral Roberts	15	15	.500	7	–
Houston Baptist	12	18	.400	10	–
Incarnate Word*	9	15	.375	10	–
Stephen F. Austin	11	19	.367	11	–
Abilene Christian*	6	18	.250	13	–
New Orleans	2	28	.067	20	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Sam Houston State	10
	8	Lamar	4
						1	Sam Houston State	0
						5	Southeastern Louisiana	1
	4	Northwestern State	3
	5	Southeastern Louisiana	5
											5	Southeastern Louisiana	7	—
										4	Northwestern State	3	—
	8	Lamar	8
	4	Northwestern State	10
						1	Sam Houston State	1
						4	Northwestern State	4
																5	Southeastern Louisiana	9
																6	Central Arkansas	4
	3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	1
	6	Central Arkansas	3
						6	Central Arkansas	11
						7	McNeese State	3
	2	Nicholls State	2
	7	McNeese State	4
											6	Central Arkansas	8	–
										7	McNeese State	6	–
	3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	3
	2	Nicholls State	2
						3	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	5
						7	McNeese State	7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]

Pos	Name	Team
P	Tate Scioneaux	Southeastern Louisiana
P	Jacob Seward	Southeastern Louisiana
C	Jameson Fisher	Southeastern Louisiana
OF	Andrew Godbold	Southeastern Louisiana
P	Connor McClain	Central Arkansas
OF	Doug Votolato	Central Arkansas
OF	Nate Ferrell	Central Arkansas
2B	Chris Townsend	Central Arkansas
P	Steven Spann	Northwestern State
SS	Sam Bumpers	Lamar
OF	Andrew Guillotte	McNeese State
DH	Nick Heath	Northwestern State

Most Valuable Player

Tate Scioneaux was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Scioneaux was a pitcher for Southeastern Louisiana, pitching 11 scoreless innings over the tournament, recording 12 strikeouts while yielding nine hits and two walks.[5]

See also

2014 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

References

1. "2014 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
2. "Championships". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
3. "Southland Baseball Tournament Returns to Sugar Land". Southland Conference. August 22, 2013. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
4. "Sam Houston State Picked to Win 2014 Southland Conference Baseball Title". Southland Conference. January 29, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
5. "Southeastern Louisiana wins first Southland Baseball Tournament". Southland Conference. May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.