2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 24, 2002[2] to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 2002 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Vincent–Beck Stadium, home field of Lamar in Beaumont, Texas. Third-seeded Lamar won their first championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

2002 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLamar (1st title)
Winning coachJim Gilligan (1st title)
MVPClay Hensley, Lamar
2002 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northwestern State  ‍†‍‍ 17–10 .630  43–17 .717
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 17–10 .630  29–29 .500
Lamar  ‍‍‡‍y 16–11 .593  36–24 .600
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 15–11 .577  29–29 .500
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .556  30–28 .517
Southwest Texas State  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  36–24 .600
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  25–29 .463
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 11–15 .423  28–26 .519
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  21–33 .389
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .259  21–33 .389
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. They played a double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLTPctSeed
Northwestern State1710.630—1
Louisiana–Monroe1710.630—2
Lamar1611.59313
Texas–Arlington1511.5771.54
McNeese State1512.55625
Southwest Texas State1413.51936
UTSA1314.4814—
Nicholls State1115.4235.5—
Sam Houston State918.3338—
Southeastern Louisiana720.25910—

Bracket and results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Northwestern State 0  
  6 Southwest Texas State 11     6 Southwest Texas State 4  
    4 Texas–Arlington 0    
  3 Lamar 5         6 Southwest Texas State 0            
  4 Texas–Arlington 3           3 Lamar 7              
      3 Lamar 4           3 Lamar 5 —
      5 McNeese State 3         1 Northwestern State 4 —
  2 Louisiana–Monroe 6         6 Southwest Texas State 4    
  5 McNeese State 7       5 McNeese State 2     1 Northwestern State 6  
  1 Northwestern State 12     1 Northwestern State 9  
  2 Louisiana–Monroe 3  

All-Tournament Team

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

Pos.NameSchool
PJosh GrayLamar
Clay HensleyLamar
CMatt GowanLamar
1BChris MichelesSouthwest Texas State
2BBlake JusticeLamar
3BMickey HernandezLamar
SSRicky SolisNorthwestern State
OFAlonzo SolizNorthwestern State
Jordan FosterLamar
Tommy EubanksMcNeese State
DHAnatole VincentNorthwestern State

Most Valuable Player

Clay Hensley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Hensley was a pitcher for Lamar.[3]

References
  1. "2018 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. 2018 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Northwestern State Demons. p. 44. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
  3. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 29. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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