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. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.[2][3]

2015 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsHouston Baptist (1st title)
Winning coachJared Moon (1 title)
MVPCurtis Jones (Houston Baptist)
TelevisionESPN3
2015 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ 25 5 0   .833 42 17 0   .712
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 20 8 0   .714 31 23 0   .574
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 18 11 0   .621 34 19 1   .639
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 32 25 0   .561
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍ 17 12 0   .586 31 28 0   .525
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 16 14 0   .533 29 24 0   .547
Houston Baptist ‍‍y 14 13 0   .519 28 27 0   .509
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 13 14 0   .481 26 27 0   .491
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 17 38 0   .309
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 11 18 0   .379 17 34 0   .333
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ 11 19 0   .367 21 33 0   .389
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 10 19 0   .345 21 31 0   .404
New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 3 27 0   .100 14 40 0   .259
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 31, 2015[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
*Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition

Seeding and format

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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.[4] The teams played a two bracket, double–elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Results

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First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Southeastern Louisiana2
8Texas A&M–Corpus Christi4
8Texas A&M–Corpus Christi1
5Sam Houston State6
4McNeese State1
5Sam Houston State5
5Sam Houston State43
8Texas A&M–Corpus Christi62
1Southeastern Louisiana3
4McNeese State21Southeastern Louisiana5
8Texas A&M–Corpus Christi6*
5Sam Houston State0
3Nicholls State6
7Houston Baptist6
6Central Arkansas7
7Houston Baptist6
6Central Arkansas1
2Northwestern State1
7Houston Baptist4
7Houston Baptist1
6Central Arkansas0
3Nicholls State3
2Northwestern State42Northwestern State4
6Central Arkansas5

Line scores

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Day one

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Game 1 (Central Arkansas vs Nicholls)

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May 20, 2015 9:05 am CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Central Arkansas 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 7 11 2
Nicholls 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 6 13 5
WP: Gilmore, C. (8–3)   LP: Borne, G. (6–5)   Sv: Stitch, B. (6)
Attendance: N/A
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Game 2 (Houston Baptist vs Northwestern State)

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May 20, 2015 12:30 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Baptist 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 7 0
Northwestern State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
WP: McCollough (8–2)   LP: Oller, A. (6–4)   Sv: None
Attendance: N/A
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Game 3 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Southeastern Louisiana)

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May 20, 2015 4:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 6 1
Southeastern Louisiana 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 3
WP: Belicek,T (9–4)   LP: Scioneaux, T (9–3)   Sv: Dorris,J (9)
Attendance: N/A
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Game 4 (Sam Houston State vs McNeese State)

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May 21, 2015 7:05 pmCDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sam Houston State 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 3
McNeese State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
WP: Godail, A. (5–6)   LP: Fontenot, K. (7–4)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,511
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Day two

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Game 5 (Northwestern State vs Nicholls)

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May 21, 2015 9:00 am CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwestern State 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 8 2
Nicholls 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 11 2
WP: Oller, J. (10–2)   LP: Deemes, R. (5–4)   Sv: Smith, B. (10)
Attendance: 1,292
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Game 6 (McNeese State vs Southeastern Louisiana)

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May 21, 2015 12:22 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
McNeese State 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 0
Southeastern Louisiana 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 12 1
WP: Sceroler, M. (3–2)   LP: Lapeze, C. (0–1)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,292
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Game 7 (Central Arkansas vs Houston Baptist)

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May 21, 2015 2:19 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Central Arkansas 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Houston Baptist 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 15 0
WP: Wright, T. (7–6)   LP: Durham, C. (2–1)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,292
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Game 8 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State)

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May 21, 2015 2:19 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Sam Houston State 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 11 3
WP: Boyd, L. (6–4)   LP: Danton,M (4–7)   Sv: Bisacca, A. (4)
Attendance: 1,292
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Day three

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Game 9 (Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas)

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May 22, 2015 9:00 am CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Northwestern State 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10 3
Central Arkansas 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 5 14 1
WP: Stitch, B. (5–5)   LP: Duvic, H. (1–1)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,361
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Game 10 (Southeastern Louisiana vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

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May 22, 2015 12:41 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Southeastern Louisiana 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 8 4
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 10 1
WP: Holland,N (2–1)   LP: Granier, K. (4–2)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,361
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Game 11 (Houston Baptist vs Central Arkansas)

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May 22, 2015 4:13 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Houston Baptist 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 1
Central Arkansas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Kennell, R. (2–0)   LP: Gray, T. (1–1)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,361
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Game 12 (Sam Houston State vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

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May 22, 2015 7:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sam Houston State 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 8 1
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 12 3
WP: Holland,N (3–1)   LP: Brinley, R. (1–6)   Sv: Dorris,J (10)
Attendance: 1,361
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Day four

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

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May 23, 2015 1:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3
Sam Houston State 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 7 1
WP: Bisacca, A. (7–2)   LP: Belicek,T (9–5)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,421
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Championship game (Houston Baptist vs Sam Houston State)

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May 23, 2015 6:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Sam Houston State 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
Houston Baptist 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 X 6 12 1
WP: Bisacca, A. (7–2)   LP: Belicek,T (9–5)   Sv: None
Attendance: 1,421
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Awards and honors

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Source: [19]

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

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2015 Southland Conference softball tournament

References

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  1. ^ "2015 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  2. ^ "2014–15 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 2, 2015.
  3. ^ "Southland Baseball Tournament Returns to Sugar Land". Southland Conference. August 22, 2013. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
  4. ^ "Southeastern Louisiana Earns Top Seed in Southland Tournament". Southland Conference. May 16, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2015.
  5. ^ "Central Arkansas vs Nicholls (May 20, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  6. ^ "Houston Baptist vs Northwestern State (May 20, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  7. ^ "A&M–Corpus Christi vs Southeastern La. (May 20, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  8. ^ "Sam Houston State vs McNeese State (May 20, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  9. ^ "Northwestern State vs Nicholls (May 21, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  10. ^ "McNeese State vs Southeastern La. (May 21, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  11. ^ "Central Arkansas vs Houston Baptist (May 21, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  12. ^ "A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State (May 21, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  13. ^ "Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas (May 22, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  14. ^ "Southeastern La. vs A&M–Corpus Christi (May 22, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  15. ^ "Houston Baptist vs Central Arkansas (May 22, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  16. ^ "Sam Houston State vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi (May 22, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  17. ^ "A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State (May 23, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  18. ^ "Sam Houston State vs Houston Baptist (May 23, 2015)". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 26, 2015.
  19. ^ "Houston Baptist Wins First Southland Baseball Title". Southland Conference. May 23, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2015.