2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference Tournament

The 2018 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, LA. Texas Southern University defeated Grambling State University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
East 1	Alabama State University	18-6	Jose Vazquez
East 2	Jackson State University	17-7	Omar Johnson
East 3	Mississippi Valley State University	9-15	Aaron Stevens
East 4	Alcorn State University	7-17	Brett Richardson
West 1	Texas Southern University	17-6	Michael Robertson
West 2	Grambling State University	14-10	James Cooper
West 3	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	12-10	Carlos James
West 4	Prairie View A&M University	8-16	Auntwan Riggins

Results

Bracket

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Finals

E1

Alabama State

7

W4

Prairie View A&M

2

E1

Alabama State

7

W2

Grambling State

12

W2

Grambling State

14

E3

Mississippi Valley St.

5

W2

Grambling State

1

5

E1

Alabama State

5

1

W4

Prairie View A&M

13

E3

Mississippi Valley St.

1

E1

Alabama State

4

W4

Prairie View A&M

2

W2

Grambling State

3

x

x

W1

Texas Southern

18

x

x

W1

Texas Southern

10

E4

Alcorn State

3

W1

Texas Southern

8

E2

Jackson State

4

E2

Jackson State

13

W3

Ark.-Pine Bluff

3

W1

Texas Southern

10

x

E2

Jackson State

9

x

E4

Alcorn State

14

W3

Ark.-Pine Bluff

13

E2

Jackson State

4

E4

Alcorn State

3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 16
Game 1	Jackson State University	13-3	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Game 2	Grambling State University	14-5	Mississippi Valley State University
Game 3	Texas Southern University	10-3	Alcorn State University
Game 4	Alabama State University	7-2	Prairie View A&M University
May 17
Game 5	Alcorn State University	14-13	University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff	Arkansas Pine Bluff eliminated
Game 6	Prairie View A&M University	13-1	Mississippi Valley State University	Mississippi Valley State eliminated
Game 7	Texas Southern University	8-4	Jackson State University
Game 8	Grambling State University	12-7	Alabama State University
May 18
Game 9	Jackson State University	4-3	Alcorn State University	Alcorn State eliminated
May 19
Game 10	Alabama State University	4-2	Prairie View A&M University	Prairie View eliminated
Game 11	Texas Southern University	10-9 (10)	Jackson State University	Jackson State eliminated
Game 12	Alabama State University	5-1	Grambling State University
Game 13	Grambling State University	5-1	Alabama State University	Alabama State eliminated
May 20
Game 14	Texas Southern University	18-3	Grambling State University	Texas Southern advances to NCAA tournament