2003 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2003 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21 through May 23, 2003 to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 2003 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Warhawk Field, home field of Louisiana–Monroe in Monroe, Louisiana. Sixth-seeded McNeese State won their second overall championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 2003 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2003 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMcNeese State (2nd title)
Winning coachTodd Butler (1st title)
MVPRusty Begnaud, McNeese State
2003 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 22 Lamar  ‍†‍‍y 20–6 .769  40–18 .690
Southwest Texas State  ‍‍‍ 19–7 .731  30–28 .517
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 18–9 .667  37–25 .597
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .593  35–22 .614
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 12–14 .462  29–28 .509
McNeese State  ‍‍‡‍y 12–15 .444  31–30 .508
Texas–San Antonio  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  29–27 .518
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  20–33 .377
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 8–18 .308  18–35 .340
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .259  22–32 .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2003[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
Lamar206.769—1
Southwest Texas State197.73112
Texas–Arlington189.6672.53
Northwestern State1611.5934.54
Louisiana–Monroe1214.46285
McNeese State1215.4448.56
UTSA1215.4448.5—
Sam Houston State918.33311.5—
Southeastern Louisiana818.30812—
Nicholls State720.25913.5—

Bracket and results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Lamar 4  
  6 McNeese State 6     6 McNeese State 6  
    4 Northwestern State 1    
  3 Texas–Arlington 4         6 McNeese State 12            
  4 Northwestern State 3           3 Texas–Arlington 3              
      3 Texas–Arlington 15           6 McNeese State 7 14
      5 Louisiana–Monroe 10         3 Texas–Arlington 12 0
  2 Southwest Texas State 4         3 Texas–Arlington 6    
  5 Louisiana–Monroe 7       5 Louisiana–Monroe 6     5 Louisiana–Monroe 4  
  1 Lamar 3     2 Southwest Texas State 5  
  2 Southwest Texas State 4  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos.NameSchool
PAaron PullinTexas–Arlington
Rusty BegnaudMcNeese State
CJoey WolfeLouisiana–Monroe
1BTim LemkeMcNeese State
2BJack SkaggsLouisiana–Monroe
3BRyan RobertsTexas–Arlington
SSLance DawkinsMcNeese State
OFAl HaywardLouisiana–Monroe
Paul BruderTexas–Arlington
Dooley PrinceMcNeese State
DHKasey BakerTexas–Arlington

Most Valuable Player

Rusty Begnaud was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Begnaud was a pitcher for McNeese State.[2]

References
  1. "2018 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
  2. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 29. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
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