2015 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2015 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20–23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. The event returned to Sugar Land as part of a two season contract after one season on campus. The winner of the tournament, Houston Baptist, earns the conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.[2][3]

2015 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Constellation Field Sugar Land, Texas
Champions	Houston Baptist (1st title)
Winning coach	Jared Moon (1 title)
MVP	Curtis Jones, Houston Baptist
Television	ESPN3

2015 Southland Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Southeastern Louisiana ‍†‍‍	25	–	5	–	0		.833			42	–	17	–	0		.712
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	20	–	8	–	0		.714			31	–	23	–	0		.574
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍	18	–	11	–	0		.621			34	–	19	–	1		.639
McNeese State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12	–	0		.600			32	–	25	–	0		.561
Sam Houston State  ‍‍‍	17	–	12	–	0		.586			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍	16	–	14	–	0		.533			29	–	24	–	0		.547
Houston Baptist ‍‍‡‍^y	14	–	13	–	0		.519			28	–	27	–	0		.509
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	13	–	14	–	0		.481			26	–	27	–	0		.491
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍	13	–	17	–	0		.433			17	–	38	–	0		.309
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	0		.379			17	–	34	–	0		.333
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍	11	–	19	–	0		.367			21	–	33	–	0		.389
Lamar  ‍‍‍	10	–	19	–	0		.345			21	–	31	–	0		.404
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	3	–	27	–	0		.100			14	–	40	–	0		.259
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 31, 2015[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball *Ineligible for postseason play due to Division I transition

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, were seeded one through eight. Seeding for the 2015 tournament was based on the order of finish in conference regular season play. No tie-breakers were needed, and teams ineligible for the 2015 tournament did not finish in the top eight.[4] The teams played a two bracket, double–elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Southeastern Louisiana	2
	8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	4
						8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	1
						5	Sam Houston State	6
	4	McNeese State	1
	5	Sam Houston State	5
											5	Sam Houston State	4	3
										8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	6	2
	1	Southeastern Louisiana	3
	4	McNeese State	2
						1	Southeastern Louisiana	5
						8	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	6*
																5	Sam Houston State	0
																7	Houston Baptist	6
	3	Nicholls State	6
	6	Central Arkansas	7
						7	Houston Baptist	6
						6	Central Arkansas	1
	2	Northwestern State	1
	7	Houston Baptist	4
											7	Houston Baptist	1	–
										6	Central Arkansas	0	–
	3	Nicholls State	3
	2	Northwestern State	4
						2	Northwestern State	4
						6	Central Arkansas	5

Line Scores

Game 1 (Central Arkansas vs Nicholls)

May 20, 2015 9:05 am CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central Arkansas	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	7	11	2
Nicholls	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	13	5
WP: Gilmore, C. (8-3)   LP: Borne, G. (6-5)   Sv: Stitch, B. (6) Attendance: N/A [[5] Boxscore]

Game 2 (Houston Baptist vs Northwestern State)

May 20, 2015 12:30 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Baptist	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	4	7	0
Northwestern State	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	2
WP: McCollough (8-2)   LP: Oller, A. (6-4)   Sv: None Attendance: N/A [[6] Boxscore]

Game 3 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Southeastern Louisiana)

May 20, 2015 4:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	4	6	1
Southeastern Louisiana	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	3
WP: Belicek,T (9-4)   LP: Scioneaux, T (9-3)   Sv: Dorris,J (9) Attendance: N/A [[7] Boxscore]

Game 4 (Sam Houston State vs McNeese State)

May 21, 2015 7:05 pmCDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sam Houston State	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	11	3
McNeese State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	0
WP: Godail, A. (5-6)   LP: Fontenot, K. (7-4)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,511 [[8] Boxscore]

Game 5 (Northwestern State vs Nicholls)

May 21, 2015 9:00 am CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Northwestern State	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	8	2
Nicholls	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	11	2
WP: Oller, J. (10-2)   LP: Deemes, R. (5-4)   Sv: Smith, B. (10) Attendance: 1,292 [[9] Boxscore]

Game 6 (McNeese State vs Southeastern Louisiana)

May 21, 2015 12:22 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
McNeese State	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	0
Southeastern Louisiana	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	12	1
WP: Sceroler, M. (3-2)   LP: Lapeze, C. (0-1)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,292 [[10] Boxscore]

Game 7 (Central Arkansas vs Houston Baptist)

May 21, 2015 2:19 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central Arkansas	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Houston Baptist	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	15	0
WP: Wright, T. (7-6)   LP: Durham, C. (2-1)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,292 [[11] Boxscore]

Game 8 (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State)

May 21, 2015 2:19 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Sam Houston State	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	0	6	11	3
WP: Boyd, L. (6-4)   LP: Danton,M (4-7)   Sv: Bisacca, A. (4) Attendance: 1,292 [[12] Boxscore]

Game 9 (Northwestern State vs Central Arkansas)

May 22, 2015 9:00 am CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Northwestern State	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	10	3
Central Arkansas	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	5	14	1
WP: Stitch, B. (5-5)   LP: Duvic, H. (1-1)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,361 [[13] Boxscore]

Game 10 (Southeastern Louisiana vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

May 22, 2015 12:41 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Southeastern Louisiana	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	8	4
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	10	1
WP: Holland,N (2-1)   LP: Granier, K. (4-2)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,361 [[14] Boxscore]

Game 11 (Houston Baptist vs Central Arkansas)

May 22, 2015 4:13 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Houston Baptist	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	6	1
Central Arkansas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
WP: Kennell, R. (2-0)   LP: Gray, T. (1-1)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,361 [[15] Boxscore]

Game 12 (Sam Houston State vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi)

May 22, 2015 7:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sam Houston State	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	8	1
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	6	12	3
WP: Holland,N (3-1)   LP: Brinley, R. (1-6)   Sv: Dorris,J (10) Attendance: 1,361 [[16] Boxscore]

Game "14" (Texas A&M–Corpus Christi vs Sam Houston State)

May 23, 2015 1:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	3
Sam Houston State	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	7	1
WP: Bisacca, A. (7-2)   LP: Belicek,T (9-5)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,421 [[17] Boxscore]

Championship Game (Houston Baptist vs Sam Houston State)

May 23, 2015 6:00 pm CDT at Constellation Field, Sugar Land, TX

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Sam Houston State	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
Houston Baptist	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	X	6	12	1
WP: Bisacca, A. (7-2)   LP: Belicek,T (9-5)   Sv: None Attendance: 1,421 [[18] Boxscore]

Awards and honors

Source: [19]

Tournament MVP: Curtis Jones – Houston Baptist

All–Tournament Teams:

• Greg Espiosna – Houston Baptist
• Andrew Alvarez – Houston Baptist
• Clay Thomas – Houston Baptist
• Jake MacWillians – Sam Houston State
• Hayden Simerly – Sam Houston State
• Bryce Johnson – Sam Houston State
• Andrew Godail – Sam Houston State
• Zacarias Hardy – Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
• Brett Burner – Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
• Ty Tice – Central Arkansas
• Carson Crites – Southeastern Louisiana

See also

2015 Southland Conference Softball Tournament

References

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