| Year: | 2021 |
| Conference: | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Shortconference: | SWAC |
| Teams: | 8 |
| Format: | Double elimination |
| Ballpark: | Toyota Field |
| City: | Madison, Alabama |
| Champions: | Southern |
| Titlecount: | 17th |
| Coach: | Chris Crenshaw |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | O’Neill Burgos |
| Mvpteam: | Southern |
| Television: | SWAC DN (Friday & Saturday) ESPNews (Championship) |
| Different Previous: | 2019 |
The 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Toyota Field in Madison, Alabama from May 19 through 23.[1] Southern won the Tournament for the 17th time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2] [3]
The double elimination tournament featured four teams from each division.
The four eligible teams in each division weree seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.
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| Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes | |
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| May 19 | Game 1 | (2W) | 8–1 | (3E) | ||
| Game 2 | 3–0 | (2E) | ||||
| Game 3 | (1E) | 7–4 | (4W) | |||
| Game 4 | (1W) | 2–0 | (4E) | |||
| May 20 | Game 5 | (4W) | 12–7 | (3E) | Alabama A&M eliminated | |
| Game 6 | (4E) | 3–2 | (2E) | Alabama State eliminated | ||
| Game 7 | (1E) | 14–13 | (2W) | |||
| Game 8 | (1W) | 2–1 | ||||
| May 21 | Game 9 | (2W) | 5–2 | (4W) | Texas Southern eliminated | |
| Game 10 | 10–5 | (4E) | Alcorn State eliminated | |||
| Game 11 | (1E) | 9–5 | (2W) | Grambling State eliminated | ||
| Game 12 | 24–3 | (1W) | ||||
| May 22 | Game 13 | 8–4 | (1W) | Prairie View A&M eliminated | ||
| May 23 | Game 14 | 7–6 | (1E) | Southern wins SWAC Tournament |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School | |
|---|---|---|
| Isaiah Adams | Southern | |
| Chenar Brown | Jackson State | |
| Cameron Bufford | Grambling State | |
| O’Neill Burgos | Southern | |
| Colton Frank | Southern | |
| Nickelle Galatas | Jackson State | |
| Xavian Moore | Southern | |
| Enrique Ozoa | Southern | |
| Jahmoi Percival | Grambling State | |
| Wesley Reyes | Jackson State | |
| Equon Smith | Jackson State | |
| Kyle Smith | Prairie View A&M |
O’Neill Burgos was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Burgos was a designated hitter for Southern.