2013 Southland Conference baseball tournament

2013 Southland Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Constellation Field Sugar Land, TX
Champions	Central Arkansas (1st title)
Winning coach	Allen Gum (1st title)
MVP	Forrestt Allday (Central Arkansas)

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
No. 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 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 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.

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						Final
	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
	3	Oral Roberts	4
																	7	Central Arkansas	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