1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 1997 Southland Conference 6 Double-elimination Warhawk Field Monroe, Louisiana 1997 Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State 1st Howard Bushong 1st Jeremy Fikac Southwest Texas State The 1997 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 14 to 17, 1997https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nsudemons.com/documents/2018/2/16/18BSBMGOnline.pdf 44 Northwestern State Demons 2018 Baseball Media Guide January 6, 2019 May 22, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210522114806/https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/nsudemons.com/documents/2018/2/16/18BSBMGOnline.pdf dead to determine the champion of the Southland Conference in the sport of college baseball for the 1997 season. The event pitted the top six finishers from the conference's regular season in a double-elimination tournament held at Warhawk Field, home field of Northeast Louisiana in Monroe, Louisiana. Second-seeded 1997 Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State won their first championship and claimed the automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/southland.org/documents/2018/5/16/Baseball_2018.pdf Southland Conference 2018 Baseball Record Book 28 January 6, 2019 Seeding and format The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six. They played a double-elimination tournament. Team W L T Pct Seed Louisiana Division 1997 Northwestern State Demons Northwestern State 19 9 .679 — 1 1997 Northeast Louisiana Indians Northeast Louisiana 17 11 .607 2 4 1997 McNeese State Cowboys McNeese State 11 19 .367 9 — 1997 Nicholls State Colonels Nicholls State 9 19 .321 10 — Team W L T Pct Seed Texas Division 1997 Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State 18 11 .621 — 2 1997 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State 17 11 .607 .5 3 1997 Texas–Arlington Mavericks Texas–Arlington 12 17 .414 6 5 1997 UTSA Roadrunners UTSA 12 18 .400 6.5 6 Bracket and results 1 1997 Northwestern State Demons Northwestern State 3 6 1997 UTSA Roadrunners UTSA 5 3 1997 Sam Houston State Bearkats Sam Houston State 9 4 1997 Northeast Louisiana Indians Northeast Louisiana 8 2 1997 Southwest Texas State Bobcats Southwest Texas State 10 5 1997 Texas–Arlington Mavericks Texas–Arlington 11 6 UTSA 5 4 Northeast Louisiana 3 3 Sam Houston State 12 5 Texas–Arlington 3 1 Northwestern State 3 2 Southwest Texas State 12 6 UTSA 3 3 Sam Houston State 2 5 Texas–Arlington 1 2 Southwest Texas State 14 3 Sam Houston State 4 2 Southwest Texas State 16 6 UTSA 2 7 2 Southwest Texas State 8 9 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Pos. Name School P David Balcer Northwestern State Jeremy Fikac Southwest Texas State C Chad Spear Southwest Texas State 1B Ron Thames Sam Houston State 2B Brad Prihoda Sam Houston State 3B Brad Eubank Southwest Texas State SS Tim Linville Texas–Arlington OF Sean Alvarez UTSA Matt Schnabel Southwest Texas State Colin Wissen Southwest Texas State DH Tony Gee UTSA Most Valuable Player Jeremy Fikac was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Fikac was a pitcher for Southwest Texas State. References Tournament Category:Southland Conference baseball tournament Southland Conference baseball tournament Southland Conference baseball tournament