2019 Southland Conference baseball tournament

2019 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Constellation Field; Sugar Land, Texas;
Champions	McNeese State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Justin Hill (1st title)
Television	ESPN+
	← 2018; baseball tournament; 2020 →;

The 2019 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The winner of the tournament, McNeese State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

2019 Southland Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Sam Houston State ‍†‍‍	20	–	10	.667	31	–	25	.554
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍	19	–	11	.633	33	–	27	.550
Central Arkansas ‍‍‍	19	–	11	.633	32	–	27	.542
Incarnate Word ‍‍‍	18	–	12	.600	37	–	22	.627
McNeese State ‍‍‡‍^y	16	–	14	.533	35	–	26	.574
Stephen F. Austin ‍‍‍	16	–	14	.533	25	–	33	.431
Northwestern State ‍‍‍	15	–	15	.500	30	–	25	.545
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi ‍‍‍	14	–	16	.467	31	–	26	.544
New Orleans ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	29	–	27	.518
Abilene Christian ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	26	–	26	.500
Nicholls ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	27	–	28	.491
Houston Baptist ‍‍‍	10	–	20	.333	18	–	35	.340
Lamar ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	18	–	36	.333

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 5, 2019^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They 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	Sam Houston State	1

8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2
			8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2

			5	McNeese State	7
4	Incarnate Word	1

5	McNeese State	2
						5	McNeese State	5

						4	Incarnate Word	4
1	Sam Houston State	2

4	Incarnate Word	3
			4	Incarnate Word	5

			8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	4



										5	McNeese State	4

										2	Central Arkansas	2
3	Southeastern Louisiana	0

6	Stephen F. Austin	5
			6	Stephen F. Austin	0

			2	Central Arkansas	11
2	Central Arkansas	2

7	Northwestern State	0
						2	Central Arkansas	3	6

						3	Southeastern Louisiana	9	3¹⁰
3	Southeastern Louisiana	6

7	Northwestern State	4
			3	Southeastern Louisiana	4

			6	Stephen F. Austin	3

Conference championship

Southland Conference Championship
(2) Central Arkansas Bears	vs.	(5) McNeese State Cowboys

May 25, 2019, 6:00 p.m. (CDT) at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Central Arkansas	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	2
(5) McNeese State	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	4	12	1
WP: Aidan Anderson (7–6) LP: Tanner Wiley (1–2) Sv: Will Dion (6) Attendance: 1,189

References

^ "Southland Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
^ "2018-19 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

[1] "Southland Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.

[2] "2018-19 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved October 7, 2018.

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