Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Southwest Texas State (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Howard Bushong (1st title) |
| MVP | Jeremy Fikac (Southwest Texas State) |
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| Louisiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 19 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .679 | 35 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .614 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast Louisianae | 17 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .607 | 33 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese State | 11 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .367 | 19 | – | 31 | – | 1 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls State | 9 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .321 | 19 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .352 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Texas State ‡ | 18 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .621 | 38 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sam Houston State | 17 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .607 | 36 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Arlington | 12 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .414 | 22 | – | 35 | – | 0 | .386 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–San Antonio | 12 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .400 | 20 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .357 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1997 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 14 to 17, 1997 to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 1997 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Warhawk Field, home field of Northeast Louisiana in Monroe, Louisiana. Second-seeded Southwest Texas State won their first championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. They played a double-elimination tournament.
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Bracket and results
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northwestern State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | UTSA | 5 | 6 | UTSA | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeast Louisiana | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sam Houston State | 9 | 6 | UTSA | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northeast Louisiana | 8 | 3 | Sam Houston State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Sam Houston State | 12 | 6 | UTSA | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas–Arlington | 3 | 2 | Southwest Texas State | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southwest Texas State | 10 | 3 | Sam Houston State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Texas–Arlington | 11 | 5 | Texas–Arlington | 1 | 2 | Southwest Texas State | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northwestern State | 3 | 2 | Southwest Texas State | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Southwest Texas State | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Pos. | Name | School |
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| P | David Balcer | Northwestern State |
| Jeremy Fikac | Southwest Texas State | |
| C | Chad Spear | Southwest Texas State |
| 1B | Ron Thames | Sam Houston State |
| 2B | Brad Prihoda | Sam Houston State |
| 3B | Brad Eubank | Southwest Texas State |
| SS | Tim Linville | Texas–Arlington |
| OF | Sean Alvarez | UTSA |
| Matt Schnabel | Southwest Texas State | |
| Colin Wissen | Southwest Texas State | |
| DH | Tony Gee | UTSA |
Most Valuable Player
Jeremy Fikac was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Fikac was a pitcher for Southwest Texas State.
References
- "2018 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
- 2018 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Northwestern State Demons. p. 44. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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