2018 Southland Conference baseball tournament

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. It was Northwestern State's first Tournament championship.

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 New Orleans 14 16 10 8 14 16 10 – 13 17 11 — Lamar 13 17 11 – 9 21 15 — 5 25 19 —

Results

Schedule GameTime*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.

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