2016_Southwestern_Athletic_Conference_Baseball_Tournament

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2016 baseball tournament in New Orleans

The 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 18 through 22. Alabama State won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] The Hornets swept through the tournament after completed an undefeated season in the conference's regular season.

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The double elimination tournament features four teams from each division.

Seeding and format

The four eligible teams in each division are seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.

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Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1EAlabama State27
4WSouthern9
1EAlabama State16
3EAlcorn State3
2WGrambling State7
3EAlcorn State8
1EAlabama State9−
4WSouthern7−
2WGrambling State3
4WSouthern63EAlcorn State10
4WSouthern11
1EAlabama State7
1WArkansas–Pine Bluff16
3WTexas Southern5
4EAlabama A&M6
1WArkansas-Pine Bluff0
3WTexas Southern10
2EJackson State2
3WTexas Southern10
3WTexas Southern15−
2EJackson State4−
2EJackson State15
4EAlabama A&M32EJackson State4
1WArkansas-Pine Bluff2

Notes

  • Alabama States sets a new tournament record with 27 runs in their victory over Southern.

References

  1. [1]
    "Southwestern Athletic Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. [2]
    "2015-16 Championship Schedule". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 31, 2016.
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