# 2009 Southland Conference baseball tournament

The 2009 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. The winner of the tournament, Sam Houston State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight. They played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | Seed |
| Texas State | 24 | 7 | 0 | .774 | 1 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 21 | 12 | 0 | .636 | 2 |
| Texas–San Antonio | 20 | 12 | 0 | .625 | 3 |
| Lamar | 20 | 13 | 0 | .606 | 4 |
| Texas–Arlington | 19 | 13 | 0 | .594 | 5 |
| Northwestern State | 18 | 13 | 0 | .581 | 6 |
| Sam Houston State | 18 | 14 | 0 | .563 | 7 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 14 | 18 | 0 | .438 | 8 |
| Central Arkansas | 10 | 21 | 0 | .323 | – |
| McNeese State | 10 | 22 | 0 | .313 | – |
| Nicholls State | 9 | 23 | 0 | .281 | – |
| Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 9 | 24 | 0 | .273 | – |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Texas State | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 2 | 7 | Lamar | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 1 | Texas State | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lamar | 4 | 1 | Texas State | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Texas–Arlington | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Texas–Arlington | 3 | | | | 4 | Lamar | 2 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 1 | Texas State | 13 | | | | |
| 5 | Texas–Arlington | 7 | | | | 1 | Texas State | 13 | | | | |
| 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 4 | 4 | Lamar | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Texas–Arlington | 3 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Texas State | 1 |
| 3 | Texas–San Antonio | 5 | | | | | | | | 1 | Texas State | 1 |
| 3 | Texas–San Antonio | 5 | | | | | | | | 7 | Sam Houston State | 7 |
| 6 | Northwestern State | 4 | | | | | | | | 7 | Sam Houston State | 7 |
| 6 | Northwestern State | 4 | 3 | Texas–San Antonio | 6 (11) | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Sam Houston State | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 2 | 7 | Sam Houston State | 8 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Sam Houston State | 9 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Sam Houston State | 9 | | | | 7 | Sam Houston State | 7 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 2 | — | | | |
| 6 | Northwestern State | 7 | | | | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 2 | — | | | |
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 9 | 3 | Texas-San Antonio | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 5 | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Pos | Name | Team |
| C | Mark Wyatt | Sam Houston State |
| 1B | Paul Goldschmidt | Texas State |
| 2B | Ty Summerlin | Southeastern Louisiana |
| SS | Jason Martinson | Texas State |
| 3B | Chris Dunkin | Lamar |
| OF | Adam DeLaGarza | Sam Houston State |
| OF | Anthony Moore | Lamar |
| OF | Bret Atwood | Texas State |
| DH | Brian McCants | Southeastern Louisiana |
| P | Sean Weatherford | Sam Houston State |
| P | Matt Shelton | Sam Houston State (MVP) |