2018 Southland Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:	2018
Conference:	Southland Conference
Teams:	8
Format:	Double-elimination
Ballpark:	Constellation Field
City:	Sugar Land, Texas
Titlecount:	1st
Coach:	Bobby Barbier
Coachcount:	1st
Mvp:	David Fry
Mvpteam:	Northwestern State
Television:	ESPN+

The 2018 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. As the winner of the tournament, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[1] It was Northwestern State's first Tournament championship.^[2]

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.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
	24	6		—	1
	21	9		3	2
	18	12		6	3
	18	12		6	4
	17	13		7	5
	15	15		9	6
	14	16		10	7
	14	16		10	8
	14	16		10	–
	13	17		11	—
	13	17		11	–
	9	21		15	—
	5	25		19	—

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Television	Attendance
Wednesday, May 23
1	9:00 a.m.	No. 3 vs. No. 6	ESPN+	N/A
2	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 vs. No. 7
3	4:00 p.m.	No. 1 vs. No. 8 New Orleans
4	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 vs. No. 5
Thursday, May 24
5	9:00 a.m.	No. 6 McNeese State vs. No. 7 Nicholls State	ESPN+	N/A
6	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Sam Houston St vs. No. 5 Central Arkansas
7	4:00 p.m.	No. 3 Northwestern State vs. No. 2 SE Louisiana
8	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 New Orleans vs. No. 4 Houston Baptist
Friday, May 25
9	9:00 a.m.	No. 2 SE Louisiana vs. No. 7 Nicholls State	ESPN+	N/A
10	12:00 p.m.	No. 4 Houston Baptist vs. No. 1 Sam Houston St
11	4:00 p.m.	No. 3 Northwestern State vs. No. 7 Nicholls State
12	7:00 p.m.	No. 8 New Orleans vs. No. 4 Houston Baptist
Saturday, May 26
13	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 New Orleans vs. No. 4 Houston Baptist	ESPN+	N/A
Championship	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 New Orleans vs. No. 3 Northwestern State
Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Pitchers
Kyle Arjona	New Orleans
Corey Gaconi	Southeastern Louisiana
Cayden Hatcher	Nicholls State
Position players
David Fry	Northwestern State
Orynn Veillon	New Orleans
Grant Buck	Houston Baptist
Brady Bell	Nicholls State
Beau Bratton	New Orleans
Ethan Valdez	Nicholls State
Luke Watson	Northwestern State
Riley McKnight	Sam Houston State
Jake Pulcheon	Houston Baptist

Most Valuable Player

David Fry was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Fry was a first baseman for Northwestern State.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2017-18 Championship Information. Southland Conference. May 12, 2018.
2. Web site: Northwestern State Wins First Ever Southland Baseball Tournament Title. Southland Conference. May 26, 2018. October 6, 2018.