1997 Southland Conference Tournament
The 1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held in Monroe, LA. #2 Southwest Texas State University defeated #6 University of Texas at San Antonio for the title. Jeremy Fikac of Southwest Texas St. was named MVP.
Participating Teams[edit]
Seed | School | Conf. Record | Head Coach |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Northwestern State University of Louisiana | 19-9 | Dave Van Horn |
2 | Southwest Texas State University | 18-11 | Howard Bushong |
3 | Sam Houston State University | 17-11 | John Skeeters |
4 | Northeast Louisiana University | 17-11 | Smoke Laval |
5 | University of Texas at Arlington | 12-17 | Butch McBroom |
6 | University of Texas at San Antonio | 12-18 | Mickey Lashley |
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
First round | Second round | Third round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Northwestern St. | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | UT San Antonio | 5 | 6 | UT San Antonio | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Northeast Louisiana | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2 | Southwest Texas St. | 10 | 6 | UT San Antonio | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | UT Arlington | 11 | 3 | Sam Houston St. | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | UT Arlington | 3 | 6 | UT San Antonio | 2 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sam Houston St. | 12 | 2 | SW Texas St. | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Sam Houston St. | 9 | 3 | Sam Houston St. | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | Northeast Louisiana | 8 | 5 | UT Arlington | 1 | 2 | Southwest Texas St. | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Northwestern St. | 3 | 2 | Southwest Texas St. | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | Southwest Texas St. | 12 |
Game Results[edit]
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- Chad Spear, Southwest Texas St., C
- Ron Thames, Sam Houston St., 1B
- Brad Prihoda, Sam Houston St., 2B
- Brad Eubank, Southwest Texas St., 3B
- Tim Linville, UT Arlington, SS
- Matt Schnabel, Southwest Texas St., OF
- Colin Wissen, Southwest Texas St., OF
- Sean Alvarez, UT San Antonio, OF
- Tony Gee, UT San Antonio, DH
- Jeremy Fikac, Southwest Texas St., P
- David Balcer, Northwestern St., P
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