2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site
Champions Sam Houston State (4th title)
Winning coach Mark Johnson (3rd title)
MVP Matt Shelton (Sam Houston State)
2009 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Texas State † 24 – 7 – 0   .774     41 – 17 – 0   .707
Southeastern Louisiana 21 – 12 – 0   .636     37 – 22 – 0   .627
Texas–San Antonio 20 – 12 – 0   .625     32 – 24 – 0   .571
Lamar 20 – 13 – 0   .606     38 – 22 – 0   .633
Texas–Arlington 19 – 13 – 0   .594     30 – 26 – 0   .536
Northwestern State 18 – 13 – 0   .581     26 – 26 – 0   .500
Sam Houston State ‡y 18 – 14 – 0   .563     36 – 24 – 0   .600
Stephen F. Austin 14 – 18 – 0   .438     23 – 32 – 0   .418
Central Arkansas 10 – 21 – 0   .323     22 – 30 – 0   .423
McNeese State 10 – 22 – 0   .313     21 – 30 – 0   .412
Nicholls State 9 – 23 – 0   .281     19 – 32 – 0   .373
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 9 – 24 – 0   .273     18 – 38 – 0   .321
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 23, 2009[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20–23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Sam Houston State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

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 T Pct Seed
Texas State 24 7 0 .774
1
Southeastern Louisiana 21 12 0.636
2
Texas–San Antonio 20 12 0.625
3
Lamar 20 13 0.606
4
Texas–Arlington 19 13 0.594
5
Northwestern State 18 13 0.581
6
Sam Houston State 18 14 0.563
7
Stephen F. Austin 14 18 0.438
8
Central Arkansas 10 21 0.323
–
McNeese State 10 22 0.313
–
Nicholls State 9 23 0.281
–
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi 9 24 0 .273
–

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Texas State 9  
8 Stephen F. Austin 2  
  7 Lamar 4  
  1 Texas State 10  
4 Lamar 4
5 Texas–Arlington 3  
  4 Lamar 2  
  1 Texas State 13  
5 Texas–Arlington 7  
8 Stephen F. Austin 4  
  4 Lamar 4
  5 Texas–Arlington 3  
  1 Texas State 1
  7 Sam Houston State 7
3 Texas–San Antonio 5  
6 Northwestern State 4  
  3 Texas–San Antonio 6 (11)
  7 Sam Houston State 8  
2 Southeastern Louisiana 2
7 Sam Houston State 9  
  7 Sam Houston State 7 —
  2 Southeastern Louisiana 2 —  
6 Northwestern State 7  
2 Southeastern Louisiana 9  
  3 Texas-San Antonio 4
  2 Southeastern Louisiana 5  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

Pos Name Team
C Mark Wyatt Sam Houston State
1B Paul Goldschmidt Texas–Arlington
2B Ty Summerlin Southeastern Louisiana
SS Jason Martinson Texas State
3B Chris Dunkin Lamar
OF Adam DeLaGarza Sam Houston State
OF Anthony Moore Lamar
OF Bret Atwood Texas State
DH Brian McCants Southeastern Louisiana
P Sean Weatherford Sam Houston State
P Matt Shelton Sam Houston State (MVP)

References

  1. ↑ "2015 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 16. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Southland Conference 2015 Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. pp. 29–30. Retrieved March 27, 2015.
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