2012 Southland Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2012
Conference:Southland Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Bobcat Ballpark
City:San Marcos, TX
Titlecount:3rd
Coach:Darin Thomas
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Travis Sibley
Mvpteam:Texas–Arlington

The 2012 Southland Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas State University–San Marcos's Bobcat Ballpark in San Marcos, Texas. won their third Southland Conference Baseball Championship by a score of 13–4 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
24 9 .727 1
20 13 .606 4 2
19 14 .576 5 3
19 14 .576 5 4
17 16 .515 7 5
16 17 .485 8 6
16 17 .485 8 7
14 19 .424 10 8
14 19 .424 10
14 19 .424 10
13 19 .406 10.5
11 21 .344 12.5

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

Pos. Name School
C Greg McCall Texas–Arlington
1B Bobby Loveless Stephen F. Austin
2B Michael Guerra Texas–Arlington
SS Stephen F. Austin
3B Travis Sibley Texas–Arlington
OF Jeff McVaney Texas State
OF Ladd Rhodes Southeastern Louisiana
OF Preston Beck Texas–Arlington
DH Max Lamantia Stephen F. Austin
P Lance Day Texas–Arlington
P Dylan Hills Southeastern Louisiana

Most Valuable Player

Travis Sibley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sibley was a third baseman for Texas–Arlington.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conference Championship Central. ncaa.com. May 31, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120518115247/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2012-02-24/conference-championship-central. May 18, 2012. dead.
  2. Web site: UT Arlington Heading to NCAA Regional after Southland Tournament Win. May 27, 2012. Southland Conference. May 2, 2013.