2016_Southland_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament

2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

The 2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Sam Houston State won their fifth Tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.[2][3]

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Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, will be seeded one through eight. They will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Every game of the tournament will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN3.[4]

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Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Sam Houston State5
8Stephen F. Austin3
1Sam Houston State12
5Central Arkansas2
4Lamar0
5Central Arkansas3
1Sam Houston State08
8Stephen F. Austin12
8Stephen F. Austin5
4Lamar25Central Arkansas4
8Stephen F. Austin10
1Sam Houston State7
3Northwestern State0
2Southeastern Louisiana4
6McNeese State3
6McNeese State0
2Southeastern Louisiana10
2Southeastern Louisiana5
7New Orleans4
2Southeastern Louisiana4—
6McNeese State1—
3Northwestern State5
7New Orleans66McNeese State813
7New Orleans4

All-Tournament Team

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

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Most Valuable Player

Heath Donica was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Donica was a junior pitcher for Sam Houston State.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Southland Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "2015-16 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Sam Houston State Wins 2016 Tournament". Southland Conference. May 29, 2016. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Southland Conference on ESPN3". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
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