2012 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Bobcat Ballpark
San Marcos, TX
Champions Texas–Arlington (3rd title)
Winning coach Darin Thomas (1st title)
MVP Travis Sibley (Texas–Arlington)
Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2011  2013»
2012 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Sam Houston State †y 24 – 9   .727     40 – 22   .645
Southeastern Louisiana 20 – 13   .606     39 – 21   .650
Texas–Arlington ‡y 19 – 14   .576     36 – 25   .590
Texas State 19 – 14   .576     32 – 24   .571
McNeese State 17 – 16   .515     24 – 30   .444
Central Arkansas 16 – 17   .485     25 – 30   .455
Stephen F. Austin 16 – 17   .485     26 – 33   .441
Lamar 14 – 19   .424     22 – 30   .423
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 14 – 19   .424     24 – 33   .421
Northwestern State 14 – 19   .424     19 – 32   .373
Nicholls State 13 – 19   .406     26 – 28   .481
UTSA 11 – 21   .344     22 – 32   .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Texas State University–San Marcos's Bobcat Ballpark in San Marcos, Texas. Texas–Arlington won their third Southland Conference Baseball Championship by a score of 13-4 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Sam Houston State 24 9 .727
–
1
Southeastern Louisiana 20 13 .606
4
2
Texas State 19 14 .576
5
3
Texas–Arlington 19 14 .576
5
4
McNeese State 17 16 .515
7
5
Stephen F. Austin 16 17 .485
8
6
Central Arkansas 16 17 .485
8
7
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 14 19 .424
10
8
Lamar 14 19 .424
10
–
Northwestern State 14 19 .424
10
–
Nicholls State 13 19 .406
10.5
–
UTSA 11 21 .344
12.5
–

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1  Sam Houston State 2  
8  Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 9  
  4  Texas–Arlington 10  
  8  Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 5  
4  Texas–Arlington 6
5  McNeese State 2  
  4  Texas–Arlington 7 —  
  1  Sam Houston State 6 —  
1  Sam Houston State 7  
5  McNeese State 1  
  1  Sam Houston State 4
  8  Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 3  
  4  Texas–Arlington 13
  2  Southeastern Louisiana 4
3  Texas State 11  
6  Stephen F. Austin 1  
  2  Southeastern Louisiana 7
  3  Texas State 1  
2  Southeastern Louisiana 6
7  Central Arkansas 3  
  2  Southeastern Louisiana 3 5
  6  Stephen F. Austin 4 4  
6  Stephen F. Austin 7  
7  Central Arkansas 2  
  3  Texas State 7
  6  Stephen F. Austin 9  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Pos. Name School
C Greg McCall Texas–Arlington
1B Bobby Loveless Stephen F. Austin
2B Michael Guerra Texas–Arlington
SS Hunter Dozier Stephen F. Austin
3B Travis Sibley Texas–Arlington
OF Jeff McVaney Texas State
OF Ladd Rhodes Southeastern Louisiana
OF Preston Beck Texas–Arlington
DH Max Lamantia Stephen F. Austin
P Lance Day Texas–Arlington
P Dylan Hills Southeastern Louisiana

Most Valuable Player

Travis Sibley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Sibley was a third baseman for Texas–Arlington.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Southland Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Retrieved May 31, 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "UT Arlington Heading to NCAA Regional after Southland Tournament Win". Southland Conference. May 27, 2012. Retrieved May 2, 2013.