1997 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1997 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 14 to 17, 1997[2] 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.[3]

1997 Southland Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthwest Texas State (1st title)
Winning coachHoward Bushong (1st title)
MVPJeremy Fikac, Southwest Texas State
1997 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Louisiana
Northwestern State  x‍‍‍ 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  x‍‍‡‍y 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[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. They played a double-elimination tournament.

TeamWLTPctSeed
Louisiana Division
Northwestern State199.679—1
Northeast Louisiana1711.60724
McNeese State1119.3679—
Nicholls State919.32110—
TeamWLTPctSeed
Texas Division
Southwest Texas State1811.621—2
Sam Houston State1711.607.53
Texas–Arlington1217.41465
UTSA1218.4006.56

Bracket and results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  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.[3]

Pos.NameSchool
PDavid BalcerNorthwestern State
Jeremy FikacSouthwest Texas State
CChad SpearSouthwest Texas State
1BRon ThamesSam Houston State
2BBrad PrihodaSam Houston State
3BBrad EubankSouthwest Texas State
SSTim LinvilleTexas–Arlington
OFSean AlvarezUTSA
Matt SchnabelSouthwest Texas State
Colin WissenSouthwest Texas State
DHTony GeeUTSA

Most Valuable Player

Jeremy Fikac was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Fikac was a pitcher for Southwest Texas State.[3]

References
  1. "2018 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
  2. 2018 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Northwestern State Demons. p. 44. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
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