2008 Southland Conference Tournament

The 2008 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held in Huntsville, TX. #4 Sam Houston State University defeated #2 Lamar University for the title. Bobby Verbick of Sam Houston St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Texas at San Antonio	22-8	Sherman Corbett
2	Lamar University	20-10	Jim Gilligan
3	Texas State University - San Marcos	19-11	Ty Harrington
4	Sam Houston State University	18-12	Mark Johnson
5	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	17-12	Jon Paul Davis
6	University of Texas at Arlington	15-14	Darin Thomas
7	Southeastern Louisiana University	15-15	Jay Artigues
8	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	14-15-1	Scott Malone

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	UT San Antonio	5
	8	Texas A&M-C.C.	7
						8	Texas A&M-C.C.	2
						4	Sam Houston St.	13
	4	Sam Houston St.	7
	5	Northwestern St.	1
											4	Sam Houston St.	7	x
										8	Texas A&M-C.C.	5	x
	1	UT San Antonio	9
	5	Northwestern St.	7
						8	Texas A&M-C.C.	12
						1	UT San Antonio	10
																4	Sam Houston St.	15	x	x
																2	Lamar	7	x	x
	2	Lamar	8
	7	Southeastern La.	7
						2	Lamar	11
						3	Texas St.	7
	3	Texas St.	22
	6	UT Arlington	2
											2	Lamar	1	4
										7	Southeastern La.	17	2
	7	Southeastern La.	7
	6	UT Arlington	3
						3	Texas St.	8
						7	Southeastern La.	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Texas State University - San Marcos	22-2	University of Texas at Arlington
Game 2	Lamar University	8-7	Southeastern Louisiana University
Game 3	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	7-5	University of Texas at San Antonio
Game 4	Sam Houston State University	7-1	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
May 22
Game 5	Southeastern Louisiana University	7-3	University of Texas at Arlington	UT Arlington eliminated
Game 6	University of Texas at San Antonio	9-7	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Northwestern State eliminated
Game 7	Lamar University	11-7	Texas State University - San Marcos
Game 8	Sam Houston State University	13-2	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
May 23
Game 9	Southeastern Louisiana University	9-8	Texas State University - San Marcos	Texas State eliminated
Game 10	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	12-10	University of Texas at San Antonio	UT San Antonio eliminated
Game 11	Southeastern Louisiana University	17-1 (7)	Lamar University
Game 12	Sam Houston State University	7-5	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	Texas A&M C.C. eliminated
May 24
Game 13	Lamar University	4-2	Southeastern Louisiana University	Southeastern Louisiana eliminated
Game 14	Sam Houston State University	15-7	Lamar University	Sam Houston State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Ben Theriot, Texas St., C
• Trent Lockwood, UT San Antonio, 1B
• Brian Taylor, Lamar, 2B
• Seth Hammock, Sam Houston St., 3B
• Ryan Weber, Sam Houston St., SS
• Keith Stein, Sam Houston St., OF
• Chase Williams, Texas A&M C.C., OF
• David Moore, Lamar, OF
• Bobby Verbick, Sam Houston St., DH
• Brian Sisk, Lamar, P
• Dallas Gallant, Sam Houston St., P