2025 Southland Conference baseball tournament
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| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Houston Christian (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Clay VanderLaan (1st title) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana † | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | 38 | – | 16 | .704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Rio Grande Valley † | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | 36 | – | 18 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 20 | – | 10 | .667 | 40 | – | 17 | .702 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| McNeese | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 31 | – | 17 | .646 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 35 | – | 21 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Christian ‡y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 32 | – | 25 | .561 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Orleans | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 28 | – | 26 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 21 | – | 31 | .404 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nicholls | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | 17 | – | 32 | .347 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 18 | – | 31 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 3 | – | 27 | .100 | 17 | – | 33 | .340 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 31, 2025[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2025 Southland Conference baseball tournament was May 15 through 18 and May 22–23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in double-elimination tournaments held at the home fields of the #1 and #2 seeded teams, which were Southeastern Louisiana and UTRGV. The finals were held at the home field of the highest remaining seeded team, which was Husky Field (Houston Christian).[2][3] Houston Christian won the championship round by sweeping New Orleans 2–0.
Seeding and format
The tournament format was the same as used in the conference 2022 baseball tournament. The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight, and played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The bracket winners moved-on to the championship series held at the home field of the highest remaining seeded team. Teams were seeded by record within the conference with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top eight teams in the conference qualified for the tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference | Tie-breaker #1 | Tie-breaker #2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 22–8 | 2–1 vs UT Rio Grande Valley | Not needed |
| 2 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 22–8 | 1–2 vs Southeastern Louisiana | Not needed |
| 3 | Lamar | 20–10 | Not needed | Not needed |
| 4 | Northwestern State | 19–11 | 2–1 vs McNeese | Not needed |
| 5 | McNeese | 19–11 | 1–2 vs Northwestern State | Not needed |
| 6 | Houston Christian | 17–13 | Not needed | Not needed |
| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 12–18 | 3–0 vs New Orleans | Not needed |
| 8 | New Orleans | 12–18 | 0–3 vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | Not needed |
Note: Nicholls, Stephen F. Austin, and Incarnate Word failed to qualify. Texas A&M–Commerce does not sponsor a baseball team.
Results
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McNeese | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Orleans | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Orleans | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Orleans | 12 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Group 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 11 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | McNeese | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | New Orleans | 3 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston Christian | 8 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lamar | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston Christian | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston Christian | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UTRGV | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UT Rio Grande Valley | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Houston Christian | 4 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| Group 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UTRGV | 2 | – | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lamar | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | UTRGV | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- ^ "Southland Team Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
- ^ "2025 Southland Conference Baseball Championship". Southland Conference. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
- ^ Richard Thiberville, Jr. (October 8, 2024). "Lions Announce 2025 Schedule". Southeastern Louisiana Athletics. Retrieved March 23, 2025.
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