2023 Southland Conference Tournament

The 2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held May 23- at Joe Miller Ballpark in Lake Charles, LA. #1 Nicholls State University defeated #4 University of New Orleans for the title. Xane Washington of Nicholls St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Nicholls State University	15-9	Mike Silva
2	University of the Incarnate Word	14-10	Ryan Shotzberger
3	Lamar University	13-11	Will Davis
4	University of New Orleans	13-11	Blake Dean
5	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	12-12	Bobby Barbier
6	McNeese State University	12-12	Justin Hill
7	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	12-12	Scott Malone

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Nicholls St.	3
	6	McNeese St.	2			1	Nicholls St.	4
						3	Lamar	0
	2	Incarnate Word	1								1	Nicholls St.	5
	5	Northwestern St.	2								4	New Orleans	3
						5	Northwestern St.	3													1	Nicholls St.	6	x
						4	New Orleans	4													4	New Orleans	3	x
	3	Lamar	1													4	New Orleans	7
	4	New Orleans	4								5	Northwestern St.	6			5	Northwestern St.	3
						6	McNeese St.	3			6	McNeese St.	2
						2	Incarnate Word	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	McNeese State University	4-0	Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi	TAMU-Corpus Christi eliminated
May 24
Game 2	Northwestern State University	2-1	University of the Incarnate Word
Game 3	University of New Orleans	4-1	Lamar University
Game 4	Nicholls State University	3-2 (14)	McNeese State University
May 25
Game 5	McNeese State University	3-0	University of the Incarnate Word	Incarnate Word eliminated
Game 6	Nicholls State University	4-0	Lamar University	Lamar eliminated
Game 7	University of New Orleans	4-3	Northwestern State University
May 26
Game 8	Nicholls State University	5-3	University of New Orleans
Game 9	Northwestern State University	6-2	McNeese State University	McNeese St. eliminated
Game 10	University of New Orleans	7-3	Northwestern State University	Northwestern St. eliminated
May 27
Game 11	Nicholls State University	6-3	University of New Orleans	Nicholls State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Xane Washington, Nicholls St.
• Jacob Mayers, Nicholls St.
• Edgar Alvarez, Nicholls St.
• Kaden Amundson, Nicholls St.
• Brandon Mitchell, New Orleans
• Tyler Bischke, New Orleans
• Jorge Tejeda, New Orleans
• Issac Williams, New Orleans
• Bo Willis, Northwestern St.
• Broch Holmes, Northwestern St.
• Josh Leslie, McNeese St.
• Grant Rogers, McNeese St.