2017 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through 27. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Sam Houston State won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1] Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.[2][3]

2017 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSam Houston State (6th title)
Winning coachMatt Deggs (2nd title)
MVPRobie Rojas, Sam Houston State
2017 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
McNeese State ‍†‍‍ 22–8–0 .733  37–20–0 .649
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍y 20–10–0 .667  37–22–0 .627
No. 14 Sam Houston State  ‍‍‡‍y 19–11–0 .633  44–23–0 .657
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 18–12–0 .600  29–25–0 .537
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .567  34–26–0 .567
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 17–13–0 .567  29–28–0 .509
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  33–25–0 .569
New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .533  30–28–1 .517
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 15–15–0 .500  29–27–0 .518
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  22–32–0 .407
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 10–20–0 .333  20–34–0 .370
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ 8–22–0 .267  20–36–0 .357
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍ 3–27–0 .100  13–40–0 .245
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, 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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
McNeese State228.733
—
1
Southeastern Louisiana2010.667
2
2
Sam Houston State1911.633
3
3
Houston Baptist1812.600
4
4
Central Arkansas1713.567
5
5
Stephen F. Austin1713.567
5
6
New Orleans1614.533
6
7
Lamar1614.533
6
8
Nicholls State1515.500
7
–
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi1416.467
8
—
Northwestern State1020.333
12
–
Incarnate Word822.267
14
—
Abilene Christian327.100
19
—

Results
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 McNeese State 7  
8 Lamar 5  
  1 McNeese State 3  
  5 Central Arkansas 5  
4 Houston Baptist 4
5 Central Arkansas 157  
  5 Central Arkansas 2 3  
  4 Houston Baptist 6 0  
8 Lamar 5  
4 Houston Baptist 8  
  4 Houston Baptist 5
  1 McNeese State 4  
  5 Central Arkansas 4
  3 Sam Houston State 9
3 Sam Houston State 137  
6 Stephen F. Austin 1  
  3 Sam Houston State 8
  2 Southeastern Louisiana 4  
2 Southeastern Louisiana 12
7 New Orleans 7  
  3 Sam Houston State 7 —
  7 New Orleans 1 —  
6 Stephen F. Austin 3  
7 New Orleans 410  
  2 Southeastern Louisiana 4
  7 New Orleans 7  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Pitchers
Heath DonicaSam Houston State
Brandon HagerlaCentral Arkansas
Zach CarterHouston Baptist
Position Players
Robie RojasSam Houston State
Blake ChisolmSam Houston State
Brooks BalisterriCentral Arkansas
Hunter HearnSam Houston State
Hezekiah RandolphNew Orleans
Keaton PresleyCentral Arkansas
Spencer HalloranHouston Baptist
Eddie SanchezCentral Arkansas
Christian ThamesHouston Baptist

Most Valuable Player

Robie Rojas was named Tournament Most valuable Player. Rojas was a catcher for Sam Houston State.[3]

References
  1. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  2. "2016-17 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. "Sam Houston Wins Championship With 9–4 Win Over Central Arkansas". Southland Conference. May 27, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
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