2013 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Constellation Field
Sugar Land, TX
Champions Central Arkansas (1st title)
Winning coach Allen Gum (1st title)
MVP Forrestt Allday (Central Arkansas)
Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2013 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Sam Houston State y 20 7   .741     38 22   .633
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 17 10   .630     33 24   .579
Southeastern Louisiana 16 11   .593     36 24   .600
Oral Roberts 16 11   .593     25 32   .439
Lamar 15 12   .556     39 20   .661
Stephen F. Austin 15 12   .556     28 29   .491
#25 Central Arkansas y 12 15   .444     42 22   .656
McNeese State 10 17   .370     23 31   .426
Nicholls State 9 18   .333     26 29   .473
Northwestern State 5 22   .185     16 40   .286
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Sam Houston State 20 7 .741
1
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 17 10 .630
3
2
Oral Roberts 16 11 .593
4
3
Southeastern Louisiana 16 11 .593
4
4
Lamar 15 12 .556
5
5
Stephen F. Austin 15 12 .556
5
6
Central Arkansas 12 15 .444
8
7
McNeese State 10 17 .370
10
8
Nicholls State 9 18 .333
11
Northwestern State 5 22 .185
15

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. Name School
C Michael Marietta Central Arkansas
1B Jameson Fisher Southeastern Louisiana
2B V.J. Bunner Lamar
SS Sam Bumpers Lamar
3B Garrett Brown Central Arkansas
OF Forrestt Allday Central Arkansas
OF Logan Domenico Oral Roberts
OF Ladd Rhodes Southeastern Louisiana
DH Seth Dornak Lamar
P Jonathan Dziedzic Lamar
P Connor Gilmore Central 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. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. "Bearkats Picked to Win 2013 Southland Conference Baseball Title". Southland Conference. January 30, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  4. "Southland Conference's 50th Baseball Season Starts Friday". Southland Conference. February 14, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
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