2015 Southland Conference baseball tournament

The 2015 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The event returned to Sugar Land as part of a two season contract after one season on campus. The winner of the tournament, Houston Baptist, earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. and are ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, were seeded one through eight. Seeding for the 2015 tournament was based on the order of finish in conference regular season play. No tie-breakers were needed, and teams ineligible for the 2015 tournament did not finish in the top eight. The teams played a two bracket, double–elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Results

Line scores

Day one

Game 1 (Central Arkansas vs Nicholls)

Game 2 (Houston Baptist vs Northwestern State)

Game 3 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Southeastern Louisiana)

Game 4 (Sam Houston State vs McNeese State)

Day two

Game 5 (Northwestern State vs Nicholls)

Game 6 (McNeese State vs Southeastern Louisiana)

Game 7 (Central Arkansas vs Houston Baptist)

Game 8 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State)

Day three

Game 9 (Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas)

Game 10 (Southeastern Louisiana vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

Game 11 (Houston Baptist vs Central Arkansas)

Game 12 (Sam Houston State vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

Day four

Game "14" (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State)

Championship game (Houston Baptist vs Sam Houston State)

Awards and honors

Source:

Tournament MVP: Curtis Jones – Houston Baptist

All–Tournament Teams:

* Greg Espiosna – Houston Baptist

* Andrew Alvarez – Houston Baptist

* Clay Thomas – Houston Baptist

* Jake MacWillians – Sam Houston State

* Hayden Simerly – Sam Houston State

* Bryce Johnson – Sam Houston State

* Andrew Godail – Sam Houston State

* Zacarias Hardy – Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

* Brett Burner – Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

* Ty Tice – Central Arkansas

* Carson Crites – Southeastern Louisiana

See also

2015 Southland Conference softball tournament

References