2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament

2002 Southland Conference
Baseball TournamentTeams| 6

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Format| Double-elimination
Finals site|

* Vincent–Beck Stadium
* Beaumont, Texas

Champions| Lamar (1st title)
Winning coach| Jim Gilligan (1st title)
MVP| Clay Hensley (Lamar)

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* Baseball Tournament
* 2003 →

2002 Southland Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall
Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Northwestern State ‍†‍‍ | 17 | - | 10 |  | .630 |  |  | 43 | - | 17 |  | .717
Louisiana–Monroe ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 10 |  | .630 |  |  | 29 | - | 29 |  | .500
Lamar ‍‍‡‍y | 16 | - | 11 |  | .593 |  |  | 36 | - | 24 |  | .600
Texas–Arlington ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 11 |  | .577 |  |  | 29 | - | 29 |  | .500
McNeese State ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 12 |  | .556 |  |  | 30 | - | 28 |  | .517
Southwest Texas State ‍‍‍ | 14 | - | 13 |  | .519 |  |  | 36 | - | 24 |  | .600
Texas–San Antonio ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 14 |  | .481 |  |  | 25 | - | 29 |  | .463
Nicholls State ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 15 |  | .423 |  |  | 28 | - | 26 |  | .519
Sam Houston State ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 18 |  | .333 |  |  | 21 | - | 33 |  | .389
Southeastern Louisiana ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 20 |  | .259 |  |  | 21 | - | 33 |  | .389
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2002[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22 through May 24, 2002[2] to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 2002 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Vincent–Beck Stadium, home field of Lamar in Beaumont, Texas. Third-seeded Lamar won their first championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[3]

## Contents

* 1 Seeding and format
* 2 Bracket and results
* 3 All-Tournament Team
* 3.1 Most Valuable Player
* 4 References

## Seeding and format[edit]

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

Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed

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Northwestern State | 17 | 10 | .630 | — | 1
Louisiana–Monroe | 17 | 10 | .630 | — | 2
Lamar | 16 | 11 | .593 | 1 | 3
Texas–Arlington | 15 | 11 | .577 | 1.5 | 4
McNeese State | 15 | 12 | .556 | 2 | 5
Southwest Texas State | 14 | 13 | .519 | 3 | 6
UTSA | 13 | 14 | .481 | 4 | —
Nicholls State | 11 | 15 | .423 | 5.5 | —
Sam Houston State | 9 | 18 | .333 | 8 | —
Southeastern Louisiana | 7 | 20 | .259 | 10 | —

## Bracket and results[edit]

| First round  |  | Second round  |  | Third round  |  | Semifinals  |  | Finals

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| 1 | Northwestern State | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 6 | Southwest Texas State | 11 |  |  | 6 | Southwest Texas State | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | 4 | Texas–Arlington  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | Lamar | 5 |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | Southwest Texas State  | 0 |  |  |  |  |
| 4 | Texas–Arlington | 3 |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | Lamar | 7 |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  | 3 | Lamar | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 | Lamar | 5 | —
|  |  |  | 5 | McNeese State  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 | Northwestern State  | 4  | —
| 2 | Louisiana–Monroe | 6 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | Southwest Texas State  | 4 |  |  |
| 5 | McNeese State | 7 |  |  |  |  |  | 5 | McNeese State  | 2 |  |  | 1 | Northwestern State | 6 |  |  |
|  |  | 1 | Northwestern State | 12 |  |  | 1 | Northwestern State | 9 |  |  |  |  |
|  |  | 2 | Louisiana–Monroe  | 3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |

## All-Tournament Team[edit]

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

Pos. | Name | School

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P | Josh Gray | Lamar
Clay Hensley | Lamar
C | Matt Gowan | Lamar
1B | Chris Micheles | Southwest Texas State
2B | Blake Justice | Lamar
3B | Mickey Hernandez | Lamar
SS | Ricky Solis | Northwestern State
OF | Alonzo Soliz | Northwestern State
Jordan Foster | Lamar
Tommy Eubanks | McNeese State
DH | Anatole Vincent | Northwestern State

### Most Valuable Player[edit]

Clay Hensley was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Hensley was a pitcher for Lamar.[3]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "2018 Southland Conference Baseball" (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2018.
2. ^ 2018 Baseball Media Guide (PDF). Northwestern State Demons. p. 44. Retrieved December 30, 2018.
3. ^ a b c 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Southland Conference. p. 29. Retrieved December 30, 2018.

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