2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament

The 2016 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, LA. Alabama State University defeated Texas Southern University for the title. Dillon Cooper of Alabama State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	Alabama State University	24-0	Mervyl Melendez
East 2	Jackson State University	14-10	Omar Johnson
East 3	Alcorn State University	10-14	Brett Richardson
East 4	Alabama A&M University	8-16	Mitch Hill
West 1	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	16-5	Carlos James
West 2	Grambling State University	15-8	James Cooper
West 3	Texas Southern University	13-10	Michael Robertson
West 4	Southern University and A&M College	6-14	Roger Cador

Results

Bracket

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Finals

E1

Alabama State

27

W4

Southern

9

E1

Alabama State

16

E3

Alcorn State

3

W2

Grambling State

7

E3

Alcorn State

8

E1

Alabama State

9

x

W4

Southern

7

x

W4

Southern

6

W2

Grambling State

3

E3

Alcorn State

10

W4

Southern

11

E1

Alabama State

7

x

x

W3

Texas Southern

5

x

x

W1

Ark.-Pine Bluff

16

E4

Alabama A&M

6

W1

Ark.-Pine Bluff

0

W3

Texas Southern

10

E2

Jackson State

2

W3

Texas Southern

10

W3

Texas Southern

15

x

E2

Jackson State

4

x

E4

Alabama A&M

3

E2

Jackson State

15

W1

Ark.-Pine Bluff

2

E2

Jackson State

4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 18
Game 1	Texas Southern University	10-2	Jackson State University
Game 2	Alcorn State University	8-7	Grambling State University
Game 3	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	16-6	Alabama A&M University
Game 4	Alabama State University	27-9	Southern University
May 19
Game 5	Jackson State University	15-3	Alabama A&M University	Alabama A&M eliminated
Game 6	Southern University	6-3	Grambling State University	Grambling eliminated
Game 7	Texas Southern University	10-0	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Game 8	Alabama State University	16-3	Alcorn State University
May 20
Game 9	Jackson State University	4-2	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	Arkansas Pine Bluff eliminated
Game 10	Southern University	11-10	Alcorn State University	Alcorn State eliminated
Game 11	Texas Southern University	15-4	Jackson State University	Jackson State eliminated
Game 12	Alabama State University	9-7	Southern University	Southern eliminated
May 22
Game 13	Alabama State University	7-5	Texas Southern University	Alabama State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Troy Lewis, Southern
• Aderly Perez, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Jaqueese Moore, Arkansas-Pine Bluff
• Colin Carroll, Alcorn State
• Miguel Yrigoyen, Jackson State
• Cornelius Copeland, Jackson State
• Robert Pearson, Texas Southern
• Kamren Dukes, Texas Southern
• Tyler Howe, Alabama State
• Yamil Pagan, Alabama State
• Eriq White, Alabama State
• Dillon Cooper, Alabama State