2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana from May 15 through May 19. The winner of the tournament, Southern, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthern (27th title)
Winning coachKerrick Jackson (1st title)
MVPTyler LaPorte, (Southern)
TelevisionSWAC DN (Friday & Saturday)
ESPNews (Championship)
2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Alabama State  x 185 .783  2826 .519
Jackson State   159 .625  3124 .564
Alabama A&M   1211 .522  1635 .314
Alcorn State   716 .304  1431 .311
Mississippi Valley State   617 .261  827 .229
West
Southern  xy 176 .739  3224 .571
Grambling State   168 .667  2725 .519
Texas Southern   1311 .542  2034 .370
Prairie View A&M   914 .391  1835 .340
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   319 .136  842 .160
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 5, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

The double elimination tournament featured four teams from each division.

Seeding and format

The four eligible teams in each division will be seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket.

Bracket

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1E Alabama State 11  
4W Prairie View A&M 4  
  1E Alabama State 5  
  2W Grambling State 3  
2W Grambling State 14
3E Alcorn State 4  
  1E Alabama State 9 5  
  2W Grambling State 15 2  
4W Prairie View A&M 4  
3E Alcorn State 1  
  4W Prairie View A&M 8
  2W Grambling State 9  
  1E Alabama State 0
  1W Southern 15
1W Southern 11  
4E Arkansas-Pine Bluff 7  
  1W Southern 10
  3W Texas Southern 9  
2E Jackson State 4
3W Texas Southern 5  
  1W Southern 6 7
  3W Texas Southern 8 6  
4E Arkansas-Pine Bluff 4  
2E Jackson State 14  
  2E Jackson State 3
  3W Texas Southern 6  

[3]

Game summaries

Conference championship

SWAC Championship Game
(1E) Alabama State Hornets vs. (1W) Southern Jaguars
May 19, 2019, 3:30 pm at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, 73 °F (23 °C), overcast
Team123456789RHE
(1W) Southern12004340115160
(1E) Alabama State000000000030
WP: Eli Finney (6–2)   LP: Darren Kelly (6–3)
Home runs:
SOU: Tyler LaPorte (1); Bobby Johnson (1)
ASU: None

References

  1. "Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Championship Schedule". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
  3. "#SWACBSB19 Tournament Central". Southwestern Athletic Conference. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
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