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

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

Bracket

	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

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Texas at San Antonio	5-3	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Game 2	University of Texas at Arlington	11-10	Southwest Texas State University
Game 3	Sam Houston State University	9-8	Northeast Louisiana University
Game 4	Southwest Texas State University	12-3	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Northwestern State eliminated
Game 5	University of Texas at San Antonio	5-3	Northeast Louisiana University	Northeast Louisiana eliminated
Game 6	Sam Houston State University	12-3	University of Texas at Arlington
Game 7	University of Texas at San Antonio	3-2	Sam Houston State University
Game 8	Southwest Texas State University	14-1	University of Texas at Arlington	UT Arlington eliminated
Game 9	Southwest Texas State University	16-4	Sam Houston State University	Sam Houston State eliminated
Game 10	Southwest Texas State University	8-2	University of Texas at San Antonio
Game 11	Southwest Texas State University	9-7	University of Texas at San Antonio	Southwest Texas State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• 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