1968 Southland Conference Tournament

The 1968 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held May 9-11 in Arlington, TX and Fort Worth, TX. Arkansas State University defeated Lamar State College of Technology for the title.

The tournament was scheduled to be held in Arlington, but rain washed out the second game on day one and made the field at University of Texas at Arlington unplayable. The tournament was moved to Fort Worth to finish out.

Participating Teams

School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
Abilene Christian College	10-13	Haskell Sinclair
Arkansas State University	22-12-1	J. A. Tomlinson
Lamar State College of Technology	19-8	Bob Frederick
Trinity University	23-9	Houston Wheeler

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
		Trinity (TX)	6
		Lamar Tech	7
							Lamar Tech	1
							Arkansas St.	5
		Arkansas St.	7
		Abilene Christian	2
												Arkansas St.	4	7
												Lamar Tech	5	4
							Lamar Tech	3
		Trinity (TX)	3				Trinity (TX)	1
		Abilene Christian	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 9
Game 1	Lamar State College of Technology	7-6	Trinity University
May 10
Game 2	Arkansas State University	7-2	Abilene Christian College
Game 3	Trinity University	3-2	Abilene Christian College	Abilene Christian eliminated
Game 4	Arkansas State University	5-1	Lamar State College of Technology
Game 5	Lamar State College of Technology	3-1	Trinity University	Trinity eliminated
May 11
Game 6	Lamar State College of Technology	5-4	Arkansas State University
Game 7	Arkansas State University	7-4	Lamar State College of Technology	Arkansas State wins tournament