| Year: | 2023 |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Shortconference: | Southland |
| Division: | I |
| Teams: | 7 |
| Format: | Double-elimination tournament |
| Ballpark: | Joe Miller Ballpark |
| City: | Lake Charles, Louisiana |
| Champions: | Nicholls |
| Titlecount: | 2nd |
| Coach: | Mike Silva |
| Coachcount: | 1st |
| Mvp: | Xane Washington |
| Mvpteam: | Nicholls |
| Television: | ESPN+ |
The 2023 Southland Conference tournament was held at Joe Miller Ballpark on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, from May 23 through 27, 2023. The tournament winner, Nicholls, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seven teams competed with the sixth and seventh seeded teams playing an elimination game. No teams receive a bye.
Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams in the conference qualified for the tournament.[1] [2]
| Seed | School | Conference | Tie-breaker #1 | Tie-breaker #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nicholls | 15–9 | ||
| 2 | Incarnate Word | 14–10 | ||
| 3 | Lamar | 13–11 | 2–1 conference record vs New Orleans | |
| 4 | New Orleans | 13–11 | 1–2 conference record vs Lamar | |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 12–12 | 3–3 record vs McNeese and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 2–1 conference record vs No. 1 seed Nicholls |
| 6 | McNeese | 12–12 | 3–3 record vs Northwestern State and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 2–1 record vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi |
| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 12–12 | 3–3 record vs McNeese and Northwestern State | 1–2 record vs McNeese |
Source:[3]
| Round | Game | Time* | Matchup | Score | Attendance | Notes | Television | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Elimination – Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | ||||||||
| SE | 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 6 McNeese vs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 4–0 | 884 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated | ESPN+ | |
| First Round – Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | ||||||||
| 1 | 3 | 11:00 am | No. 2 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Northwestern State | 1–2 | Not recorded | ESPN+ | ||
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 3 Lamar vs. No. 4 New Orleans | 1–4 | Not recorded | ||||
| 2 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 6 McNeese | 3–2 (14) | 757 | ||||
| Second Round – Thursday, May 25, 2023 | ||||||||
| 2 | 5 | 11:00 am | No. 6 McNeese vs. No. 2 Incarnate Word | 3–0 | Not recorded | Incarnate Word eliminated | ESPN+ | |
| 6 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 3 Lamar | 4–0 | Not recorded | Lamar eliminated | |||
| 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 4 New Orleans | 3–4 | 629 | ||||
| Third Round – Thursday, May 26, 2023 | ||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 New Orleans | 5–3 | Not recorded | ESPN+ | ||
| 9 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 6 McNeese | 6–2 | Not recorded | McNeese eliminated | |||
| 10 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 New Orleans vs. No. 5 Northwestern State | 7–3 | 633 | Northwestern State eliminated | |||
| Championship – Saturday, May 27, 2023 | ||||||||
| 4 | 11 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 New Orleans | 6–3 | 443 | Nicholls wins championship | ESPN+ | |
| 12 | Rematch (not necessary) | – | ||||||
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Tournament MVP: Xane Washington, Nicholls
All-Tournament Teams:
Xane Washington, Nicholls
Jacob Mayer, Nicholls
Edgar Alvarez, Nicholls
Kaden Amundsen, Nicholls
Brandon Mitchell, New Orleans
Tyler Bischke, New Orleans
Jorge Tejeda, New Orleans
Issac Williams, New Orleans
Bo Willis, Northwestern State
Broch Holmes, Northwestern State
Josh Leslie, McNeese
Grant Rogers, McNeese
2023 Southland Conference softball tournament