The 2013 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The event returned to a neutral site after two seasons on campus. In the championship game, seventh-seeded Central Arkansas defeated fourth-seeded Southeastern Louisiana, 4-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Central Arkansas earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 20 7 .741 – 1 17 10 .630 3 2 16 11 .593 4 3 16 11 .593 4 4 15 12 .556 5 5 15 12 .556 5 6 12 15 .444 8 7 10 17 .370 10 8 9 18 .333 11 – 5 22 .185 15 –
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos. Name School C Michael Marietta Central Arkansas 1B Jameson Fisher Southeastern Louisiana 2B V.J. Bunner Lamar SS Sam Bumpers Lamar 3B Garrett Brown Central Arkansas OF Forrestt Allday Central Arkansas OF Logan Domenico Oral Roberts OF Ladd Rhodes Southeastern Louisiana DH Seth Dornak Lamar P Jonathan Dziedzic Lamar P Connor Gilmore Central Arkansas
Most Valuable Player Central Arkansas outfielder Forrestt Allday was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.
See also 2013 Southland Conference softball tournament
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