2015 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2015 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20–23. 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]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Houston Baptist (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jared Moon (1 title) |
| MVP | Curtis Jones, Houston Baptist |
| Television | ESPN3 |
| 2015 Southland Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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
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
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | McNeese State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 6 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | McNeese State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 6* | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Sam Houston State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Baptist | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nicholls State | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Central Arkansas | 7 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Baptist | 6 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Central Arkansas | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern State | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Baptist | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Houston Baptist | 1 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Central Arkansas | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Nicholls State | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Central Arkansas | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
Line Scores
Day One
Game 1 (Central Arkansas vs Nicholls)
| 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 [[5] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2 (Houston Baptist vs Northwestern State)
| 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 [[6] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Southeastern Louisiana)
| 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 [[7] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4 (Sam Houston State vs McNeese State)
| 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 [[8] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Day Two
Game 5 (Northwestern State vs Nicholls)
| 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 [[9] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6 (McNeese State vs Southeastern Louisiana)
| 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 [[10] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7 (Central Arkansas vs Houston Baptist)
| 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 [[11] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 8 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State)
| 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 [[12] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Day Three
Game 9 (Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas)
| 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 [[13] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 10 (Southeastern Louisiana vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
| 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 [[14] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 11 (Houston Baptist vs Central Arkansas)
| 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 [[15] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 12 (Sam Houston State vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)
| 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 [[16] Boxscore] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Day Four
Awards and honors
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
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