2022 Southland Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 19 through 21 and May 26 to 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament. McNeese State and Southeastern Louisiana were the top two seeds in the conference, so all first-round games were played at Joe Miller Ballpark in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field in Hammond, Louisiana. The finals were held Miller Park in Lake Charles.

2022 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSoutheastern Louisiana (2nd title)
Winning coachMatt Riser (2nd title)
MVPPreston Faulkner (Southeastern Louisiana)
TelevisionESPN+
2022 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
McNeese State  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 34 23   .596
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍y 14 10   .583 30 29   .508
New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 30 23   .566
Nicholls  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 26 25   .510
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 25 29   .463
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 18 36   .333
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 10 14   .417 27 28   .491
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍ 9 15   .375 21 31   .404
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of November 16, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Southeastern Louisiana won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the Auburn Regional of the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

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The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with #1 McNeese and #2 Southeastern Louisiana each winning their brackets and meeting in a best of three series. Southeastern took the conference championship two games to one to advance the NCAA tournament.

Results

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First round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
               
1 McNeese State 12
8 Incarnate Word 6
1 McNeese State 8
4 Nicholls 4
4 Nicholls 7
5 Northwestern State 6
1 McNeese State 7
Joe Miller BallparkLake Charles, LA
8 Incarnate Word 2
8 Incarnate Word 14
5 Northwestern State 10
8 Incarnate Word 9
4 Nicholls 8
1 McNeese State 6 2 7
2 Southeastern Louisiana 512 3 11
3 New Orleans 10
6 Houston Baptist 3
3 New Orleans 10
7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 9
2 Southeastern Louisiana 5
7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 6
3 New Orleans 4 3
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni FieldHammond, LA
2 Southeastern Louisiana 257 410
6 Houston Baptist 4
2 Southeastern Louisiana 12
2 Southeastern Louisiana 18
7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 11

References

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  1. ^ "2022 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Southland Baseball Tournament". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 19, 2022.