The 2024 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's nine competing teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field in Hammond, Louisiana. Note: Texas A&M–Commerce did not sponsor a baseball team.
Nicholls, the winner of the tournament, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 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. No team received a bye.
Seeds Teams were seeded by record within the conference with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament. SeedSchoolConference Tie-breaker #1 Tie-breaker #21 Lamar 17–7 Not needed 2 Nicholls 16–8 Not needed3 New Orleans 14–10 Not needed4 Northwestern State 11–13 2-1 vs McNeese5 McNeese 11–13 1–2 vs Northwestern State 6 Southeastern Louisiana 10–14 2–1 vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi;3–0 vs Incarnate Word 7 10–14 1–2 vs Southeastern Louisiana;2–1 vs Incarnate Word 8 Incarnate Word 10–14 0–3 vs Southeastern Louisiana;1-2 vs Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Note: Houston Christian with a 9-15 conference record failed to qualify. Texas A&M–Commerce does not sponsor a baseball team.
Tournament Source:
RoundGameTime*MatchupScoreAttendanceNotesTelevisionFirst Round – Wednesday, May 22, 2024119:00 amNo. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 5 McNeese ESPN+2No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word 3–6 34:10 pmNo. 2 Nicholls vs.No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 47:15 pmNo. 3 New Orleans vs.No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana 1,487 Second Round – Thursday, May 23, 2024259:00 am No. 4 Northwestern State vs. No. 1 Lamar Northwestern State eliminatedESPN+6 No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs.No. 3 New Orleans 4–7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated74:00 pm No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word 6–2 87:20 pm No. 2 Nicholls vs.No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana 1,590 Third Round – Friday, May 24, 2024399:00 am No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 8 Incarnate Word Incarnate Word eliminated.ESPN+10 No. 3 New Orleans vs.No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana New Orleans eliminated.114:04 pm No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 1 Lamar 9–18 128:05 pm No. 2 Nicholls vs.No. 6 Southeastern Louisiana 4–3 2,232 Southeastern Louisiana eliminated. Nicholls advances to championship game.Championship – Saturday, May 25, 20244131:00 pm No. 1 Lamar vs. No. 5 McNeese 4–14 Lamar eliminated. McNeese advances to championship game.ESPN+14 – Game 12 winner vs. Game 12 loser (if necessary) – Not necessaryChampionship6:00 pm No. 5 McNeese vs. No. 2 Nicholls 1–15 1,198 Nicholls wins tournament championship.*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.
Results
See also 2024 Southland Conference softball tournament
References