2017 Southland Conference baseball tournament

2017 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSam Houston State (6th title)
Winning coachMatt Deggs (2nd title)
MVPRobie Rojas (Sam Houston State)
2017 Southland Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
McNeese State ‍‍‍ 22 8 0   .733 37 20 0   .649
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍y 20 10 0   .667 37 22 0   .627
No. 14 Sam Houston State  ‍‍y 19 11 0   .633 44 23 0   .657
Houston Baptist  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 29 25 0   .537
Central Arkansas  ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 34 26 0   .567
Stephen F. Austin  ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 29 28 0   .509
Lamar  ‍‍‍ 16 14 0   .533 33 25 0   .569
New Orleans  ‍‍‍ 16 14 0   .533 30 28 1   .517
Nicholls State  ‍‍‍ 15 15 0   .500 29 27 0   .518
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 22 32 0   .407
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍ 10 20 0   .333 20 34 0   .370
Incarnate Word *  ‍‍‍ 8 22 0   .267 20 36 0   .357
Abilene Christian *  ‍‍‍ 3 27 0   .100 13 43 0   .232
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament

The 2017 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's thirteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Sam Houston State won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word are ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.[2][3]

  1. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016-17 Championship Information". Southland Conference. Retrieved February 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "Sam Houston Wins Championship With 9–4 Win Over Central Arkansas". Southland Conference. May 27, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2018.