1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

1997 Southland Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 6

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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)

* ← 1996
* baseball tournament
* 1998 →

1997 Southland Conference baseball standings

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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

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

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Louisiana Division
Northwestern State | 19 | 9 | .679 | — | 1
Northeast Louisiana | 17 | 11 | .607 | 2 | 4
McNeese State | 11 | 19 | .367 | 9 | —
Nicholls State | 9 | 19 | .321 | 10 | —
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Texas Division
Southwest Texas State | 18 | 11 | .621 | — | 2
Sam Houston State | 17 | 11 | .607 | .5 | 3
Texas–Arlington | 12 | 17 | .414 | 6 | 5
UTSA | 12 | 18 | .400 | 6.5 | 6

## Bracket and results

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Third round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 1| Northwestern State| 3|
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| 6| UTSA| 5| | | 6| UTSA| 5
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| | | | 4| Northeast Louisiana| 3| | |
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| 3| Sam Houston State| 9| | 6| UTSA| 3|
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| 4| Northeast Louisiana| 8| | | | | 3| Sam Houston State| 2| | | | | |
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| | 3| Sam Houston State| 12| | | 6| UTSA| 2| 7
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| | | 5| Texas–Arlington| 3| | | | | 2| Southwest Texas State| 8| 9
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| 2| Southwest Texas State| 10| | | 3| Sam Houston State| 4|
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| 5| Texas–Arlington| 11| | | | 5| Texas–Arlington| 1| | | 2| Southwest Texas State| 16| |
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| | 1| Northwestern State| 3| | | 2| Southwest Texas State| 14| | |
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| 2| Southwest Texas State| 12| | |
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## All-Tournament Team

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

Pos. | Name | School

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P | David Balcer | Northwestern State
Jeremy Fikac | Southwest Texas State
C | Chad Spear | Southwest Texas State
1B | Ron Thames | Sam Houston State
2B | Brad Prihoda | Sam Houston State
3B | Brad Eubank | Southwest Texas State
SS | Tim Linville | Texas–Arlington
OF | Sean Alvarez | UTSA
Matt Schnabel | Southwest Texas State
Colin Wissen | Southwest Texas State
DH | Tony Gee | UTSA

### Most Valuable Player

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

## References

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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. ^ a b c 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 28. Retrieved January 6, 2019.

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