2017 Great American Conference Tournament

The 2017 Great American Conference baseball tournament was split in two rounds. The initial round was four best-of-three series held at the home of the higher seed from May 5-6. The four winners advanced to a double elimination tournament held at Clyde Berry Field in Arkadelphia, AR from May 11-14. #3 University of Arkansas-Monticello defeated #4 Henderson State University for the title. Brian Ray of Arkansas-Monticello was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Southern Arkansas University	28-5	Justin Pettigrew
2	Arkansas Tech University	24-9	Dave Dawson
3	University of Arkansas-Monticello	22-11	John Harvey
4	Henderson State University	20-13	Cody Hooten
5	Southwestern Oklahoma State University	14-16	Zack Saunders
6	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	13-17	Mike Metheny
7	Harding University	14-19	Patrick McGaha
8	Ouachita Baptist University	13-20	Kyle Hope

Results

Finals Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Southern Arkansas	5
	4	Henderson State	13
						4	Henderson State	2
						3	Ark.-Monticello	11
	2	Arkansas Tech	3
	3	Ark.-Monticello	7
											3	Ark.-Monticello	6	x
											4	Henderson State	1	x
						4	Henderson State	9
	1	Southern Arkansas	11			1	Southern Arkansas	5
	2	Arkansas Tech	3

Game Results

Opening Rounds

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Southern Arkansas University	6-5	Ouachita Baptist University
Game 2	Southern Arkansas University	14-2	Ouachita Baptist University	Ouachita Baptist eliminated

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Harding University	6-4	Arkansas Tech University
Game 2	Arkansas Tech University	8-4	Harding University
Game 3	Arkansas Tech University	10-6	Harding University	Harding eliminated

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Arkansas-Monticello	7-6 (11)	Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Game 2	University of Arkansas-Monticello	6-5	Southeastern Oklahoma State University	SE Oklahoma eliminated

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Henderson State University	2-0	Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Game 2	Henderson State University	9-3	Southwestern Oklahoma State University	SW Oklahoma eliminated

Final Round

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 11
Game 1	Henderson State University	13-5	Southern Arkansas University
Game 2	University of Arkansas-Monticello	7-3	Arkansas Tech University
May 13
Game 3	Southern Arkansas University	11-3	Arkansas Tech University	Arkansas Tech eliminated
Game 4	University of Arkansas-Monticello	11-2	Henderson State University
Game 5	Henderson State University	9-5	Southern Arkansas University	Southern Arkansas eliminated
May 14
Game 6	University of Arkansas-Monticello	6-1	Henderson State University	Arkansas-Monticello advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament

• OF Brian Ray Arkansas-Monticello
• SP Braden Chambers Arkansas-Monticello
• DH Guy Halbert Arkansas-Monticello
• RP Dawson Moser Arkansas-Monticello
• C Brady Weiss Arkansas-Monticello
• SP Bryant Haralson Henderson State
• OF Parker Jones Henderson State
• 1B Hayden Lessenberry Henderson State
• RP Blake Patterson Henderson State
• 1B Mark Fontenot Southern Arkansas
• OF Trevor Rucker Southern Arkansas
• 3B Kyle Gibbs Arkansas Tech