1998 Southland Conference Tournament

The 1998 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held at Fair Grounds Field in Shreveport, LA. #4 Nicholls State University defeated #1 Northwestern State University of Louisiana for the title. Jacques Jobert of Nicholls St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	15-5	John Cohen
2	Northeast Louisiana University	13-9	Smoke Laval
3	McNeese State University	13-10	Mike Bianco
4	Nicholls State University	13-11	Jim Pizzolatto
5	Southwest Texas State University	13-11	Howard Bushong
6	Sam Houston State University	12-10	John Skeeters

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Northwestern St.	2
	6	Sam Houston St.	4			6	Sam Houston St.	10
						3	McNeese St.	5
	2	Northeast Louisiana	1								6	Sam Houston St.	8
	5	Southwest Texas St.	9								4	Nicholls St.	14
						5	Southwest Texas St.	1													4	Nicholls St.	5	x
						4	Nicholls St.	7													1	Northwestern St.	4	x
	3	McNeese St.	9													6	Sam Houston St.	1
	4	Nicholls St.	12								5	Southwest Texas St.	3			1	Northwestern St.	8
						1	Northwestern St.	11			1	Northwestern St.	7
						2	Northeast Louisiana	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Sam Houston State University	4-2	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Game 2	Southwest Texas State University	9-1	Northeast Louisiana University
Game 3	Nicholls State University	12-9	McNeese State University
Game 4	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	11-0	Northeast Louisiana University	Northeast Louisiana eliminated
Game 5	Sam Houston State University	10-5	McNeese State University	McNeese State eliminated
Game 6	Nicholls State University	7-1	Southwest Texas State University
Game 7	Nicholls State University	14-8	Sam Houston State University
Game 8	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	7-3	Southwest Texas State University	Southwest Texas State eliminated
Game 9	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	8-1	Sam Houston State University	Sam Houston State eliminated
Game 10	Nicholls State University	5-4	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Nicholls State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Chris Phillips, Northwestern St., C
• Scott Duplantis, Nicholls St., 1B
• Jacques Jobert, Nicholls St., 2B
• Kevin Perret, Nicholls St., 3B
• Ryan Anholt, Northwestern St., SS
• Brent Trosclair, Northwestern St., OF
• Fred Knox, Nicholls St., OF
• Chris Roosma, Nicholls St., OF
• Tommy Cliffe, Sam Houston St., DH
• Cheyenne Jenke, Nicholls St., P
• Cody Arcement, Nicholls St., P