2003 Southland Conference Tournament

The 2003 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held in Monroe, LA. #6 McNeese State University defeated #3 University of Texas at Arlington for the title. Rusty Begnaud of McNeese St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Lamar University	20-6	Jim Gilligan
2	Southwest Texas State University	19-7	Ty Harrington
3	University of Texas at Arlington	18-9	Jeff Curtis
4	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	16-11	Mitch Gaspard
5	University of Louisiana at Monroe	12-14	Brad Holland
6	McNeese State University	12-15	Todd Butler

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Lamar	4
	6	McNeese St.	6			6	McNeese St.	6
						4	Northwestern St.	1
	2	Southwest Texas St.	4								6	McNeese St.	12
	5	Louisiana-Monroe	7								3	UT Arlington	3
						5	Louisiana-Monroe	10													6	McNeese St.	7	14
						3	UT Arlington	15													3	UT Arlington	12	0
	3	UT Arlington	4													3	UT Arlington	6
	4	Northwestern St.	3								5	Louisiana-Monroe	6			5	Louisiana-Monroe	4
						1	Lamar	3			2	Southwest Texas St.	5
						2	Southwest Texas St.	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	McNeese State University	6-4	Lamar University
Game 2	University of Louisiana at Monroe	7-4	Southwest Texas State University
Game 3	University of Texas at Arlington	4-3	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
May 22
Game 4	Southwest Texas State University	4-3	Lamar University	Lamar eliminated
Game 5	McNeese State University	6-1	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Northwestern State eliminated
Game 6	University of Texas at Arlington	15-10	University of Louisiana at Monroe
May 23
Game 7	McNeese State University	12-3	University of Texas at Arlington
Game 8	University of Louisiana at Monroe	6-5	Southwest Texas State University	Southwest Texas eliminated
Game 9	University of Texas at Arlington	6-4	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Louisiana-Monroe eliminated
May 24
Game 10	University of Texas at Arlington	12-7	McNeese State University
Game 11	McNeese State University	14-0	University of Texas at Arlington	McNeese State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Joey Wolfe, UL Monroe, C
• Tim Lemke, McNeese St., 1B
• Jack Skaggs, UL Monroe, 2B
• Ryan Roberts, UT Arlington, 3B
• Lance Dawkins, McNeese St., SS
• Al Hayward, UL Monroe, OF
• Paul Bruder, UT Arlington, OF
• Dooley Prince, McNeese St., OF
• Kasey Baker, UT Arlington, DH
• Aaron Pullin, UT Arlington, P
• Rusty Begnaud, McNeese St., P