1996 Southland Conference Tournament

The 1996 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held at Fair Grounds Field in Shreveport, LA. #4 Sam Houston State University defeated #5 Northwestern State University of Louisiana for the title. Brent Bubela of Sam Houston St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Northeast Louisiana University	21-9	Smoke Laval
2	Southwest Texas State University	19-11	Howard Bushong
3	University of Texas at San Antonio	17-13	Mickey Lashley
4	Sam Houston State University	15-15	John Skeeters
5	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	14-16	Dave Van Horn
6	University of Texas at Arlington	13-17	Butch McBroom

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Northeast Louisiana	4
	6	UT Arlington	3			1	Northeast Louisiana	5
						3	UT San Antonio	3
	2	Southwest Texas St.	11								1	Northeast Louisiana	1
	5	Northwestern St.	10								4	Sam Houston St.	11
						2	Southwest Texas St.	1													4	Sam Houston St.	8	x
						4	Sam Houston St.	2													5	Northwestern St.	7	x
	3	UT San Antonio	7													1	Northeast Louisiana	4
	4	Sam Houston St.	8								2	Southwest Texas St.	1			5	Northwestern St.	7
						6	UT Arlington	6			5	Northwestern St.	2
						5	Northwestern St.	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Northeast Louisiana University	4-3	University of Texas at Arlington
Game 2	Southwest Texas State University	11-10	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Game 3	Sam Houston State University	8-7	University of Texas at San Antonio
Game 4	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	7-6	University of Texas at Arlington	UT Arlington eliminated
Game 5	Northeast Louisiana University	5-3	University of Texas at San Antonio	UT San Antonio eliminated
Game 6	Sam Houston State University	2-1	Southwest Texas State University
Game 7	Sam Houston State University	11-1	Northeast Louisiana University
Game 8	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	2-1	Southwest Texas State University	Southwest Texas State eliminated
Game 9	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	7-4	Northeast Louisiana University	Northeast Louisiana eliminated
Game 10	Sam Houston State University	8-7	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Sam Houston State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Juan Navarro, Northwestern St., C
• George Kellert, Northwestern St., 1B
• Brian Gaffney, Sam Houston St., 2B
• Fred Ortega, Northwestern St., 3B
• Ray Arrrendondo, Southwest Texas St., SS
• Matt Schnabel, Southwest Texas St., OF
• Will Pearce, Northwestern St., OF
• Shannon Cooley, Northeast Louisiana, OF
• Brent Bubela, Sam Houston St., DH
• Kevin Hermes, Sam Houston St., P
• David Balcer, Northwestern St., P