1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament

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1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament - Wikipedia

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1997 Southland Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Warhawk Field Monroe, Louisiana
Champions	Southwest Texas State (1st title)
Winning coach	Howard Bushong (1st title)
MVP	Jeremy Fikac (Southwest Texas State)
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1997 Southland Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	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

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]

Seeding and format

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

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[3]

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

^ "2018 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved January 2, 2019.
^ 2018 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Northwestern State Demons. p. 44. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

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