2023 Southland Conference baseball tournament

The 2023 Southland Conference tournament was held at Joe Miller Ballpark on the campus of McNeese State University in Lake Charles, Louisiana, from May 23 through 27, 2023. The tournament winner, Nicholls, earned the Southland Conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2023 Southland Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	7
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Joe Miller Ballpark Lake Charles, Louisiana
Champions	Nicholls (2nd title)
Winning coach	Mike Silva (1st title)
MVP	Xane Washington (Nicholls)
Television	ESPN+
← 2022 Southland baseball tournament 2024 →

2023 Southland Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Nicholls ‍†‍‡‍^y	15	–	9		.625			34	–	24		.586
Incarnate Word  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			28	–	26		.519
New Orleans  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			36	–	24		.600
Lamar  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			32	–	23		.582
McNeese  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			35	–	23		.603
Northwestern State  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			29	–	27		.518
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			24	–	30		.444
Southeastern Louisiana  ‍‍‍	9	–	14		.391			25	–	25		.500
Houston Christian  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			11	–	37		.229
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 3, 2023^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Format

Seven teams competed with the sixth and seventh seeded teams playing an elimination game. No teams receive a bye.

Seeds

Teams were seeded by record within the conference, with a tie–breaker system to seed teams with identical conference records. The top seven teams in the conference qualified for the tournament.^[2][3]

Seed	School	Conference	Tie-breaker #1	Tie-breaker #2
1	Nicholls	15–9
2	Incarnate Word	14–10
3	Lamar	13–11	2–1 conference record vs New Orleans
4	New Orleans	13–11	1–2 conference record vs Lamar
5	Northwestern State	12–12	3–3 record vs McNeese and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2–1 conference record vs No. 1 seed Nicholls
6	McNeese	12–12	3–3 record vs Northwestern State and Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	2–1 record vs Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
7	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	12–12	3–3 record vs McNeese and Northwestern State	1–2 record vs McNeese

Tournament

Source:^[4]

Round	Game	Time*	Matchup	Score	Attendance	Notes	Television
Single Elimination – Tuesday, May 23, 2023
SE	1	6:00 pm	No. 6 McNeese vs. No. 7 Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	4–0	884	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi eliminated	ESPN+
First Round – Wednesday, May 24, 2023
1	3	11:00 am	No. 2 Incarnate Word vs. No. 5 Northwestern State	1–2	Not recorded		ESPN+
	4	2:30 pm	No. 3 Lamar vs. No. 4 New Orleans	1–4	Not recorded
	2	6:00 pm	No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 6 McNeese	3–2 (14)	757
Second Round – Thursday, May 25, 2023
2	5	11:00 am	No. 6 McNeese vs. No. 2 Incarnate Word	3–0	Not recorded	Incarnate Word eliminated	ESPN+
	6	2:30 pm	No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 3 Lamar	4–0	Not recorded	Lamar eliminated
	7	6:00 pm	No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 4 New Orleans	3–4	629
Third Round – Thursday, May 26, 2023
3	8	11:00 am	No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 New Orleans	5–3	Not recorded		ESPN+
	9	2:30 pm	No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 6 McNeese	6–2	Not recorded	McNeese eliminated
	10	6:00 pm	No. 4 New Orleans vs. No. 5 Northwestern State	7–3	633	Northwestern State eliminated
Championship – Saturday, May 27, 2023
4	11	1:00 pm	No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 New Orleans	6–3	443	Nicholls wins championship	ESPN+
	12		Rematch (not necessary)	–
*Game times in CDT. #-Rankings denote tournament seeding.

Bracket and results

Single elimination round

Tuesday, May 23

Team	R
No. 7 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi	0
No. 6 McNeese	4

Main bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Final
						6	McNeese	3
						2	Incarnate Word	0
	1	Nicholls	3								5	Northwestern State	6
	6	McNeese	2^14								6	McNeese	2
						1	Nicholls	4
						3	Lamar	0
	2	Incarnate Word	1													1	Nicholls	6
	5	Northwestern State	2													4	New Orleans	3
						5	Northwestern State	3
						4	New Orleans	4
	3	Lamar	1								4	New Orleans	7
	4	New Orleans	4								5	Northwestern State	3
						1	Nicholls	5
						4	New Orleans	3

Awards and honors

Tournament MVP: Xane Washington, Nicholls

All-Tournament Teams:

Xane Washington, Nicholls

Jacob Mayer, Nicholls

Edgar Alvarez, Nicholls

Kaden Amundsen, Nicholls

Brandon Mitchell, New Orleans

Tyler Bischke, New Orleans

Jorge Tejeda, New Orleans

Issac Williams, New Orleans

Bo Willis, Northwestern State

Broch Holmes, Northwestern State

Josh Leslie, McNeese

Grant Rogers, McNeese

See also

2023 Southland Conference softball tournament

References

1. "2023 Southland Conference Baseball Standings". southland.org. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
2. "Baseball Tie-Breaking Procedures". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
3. "Southland Conference announces bracket and schedule for 2023 SLC Baseball Championship". Southland Conference. May 20, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
4. "2023 Southland Baseball Championship". Southland Conference. Retrieved May 28, 2023.