# 2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament

The 2016 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 28. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Constellation Field in Sugar Land, Texas. Sam Houston State won their fifth Tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Abilene Christian and Incarnate Word were ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.

## Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season, not including Abilene Christian or Incarnate Word, will be seeded one through eight. They will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winner of each bracket meeting in a single championship final.
Every game of the tournament will be broadcast exclusively on ESPN3.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| Sam Houston State | 24 | 6 | .800 | — | 1 |
| Southeastern Louisiana | 22 | 8 | .733 | 2 | 2 |
| Northwestern State | 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 3 |
| Lamar | 20 | 10 | .667 | 4 | 4 |
| Central Arkansas | 16 | 14 | .533 | 8 | 5 |
| McNeese State | 15 | 15 | .500 | 9 | 6 |
| New Orleans | 14 | 16 | .467 | 10 | 7 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 14 | 16 | .467 | 10 | 8 |
| Nicholls State | 14 | 16 | .467 | 10 | — |
| Houston Baptist | 12 | 18 | .400 | 12 | — |
| Texas A&M-Corpus Christi | 8 | 20 | .286 | 15 | — |
| Abilene Christian | 8 | 21 | .276 | 15.5 | — |
| Incarnate Word | 5 | 22 | .185 | 17.5 | — |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Sam Houston State | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 3 | 1 | Sam Houston State | 12 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Central Arkansas | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Lamar | 0 | 5 | Central Arkansas | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Central Arkansas | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Central Arkansas | 3 | | | | 1 | Sam Houston State | 0 | 8 | | | |
| | | | | | | 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 5 | | | | 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 1 | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Lamar | 2 | 5 | Central Arkansas | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Stephen F. Austin | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 1 | Sam Houston State | 7 |
| 3 | Northwestern State | 0 | | | | | | | | 1 | Sam Houston State | 7 |
| 3 | Northwestern State | 0 | | | | | | | | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 |
| 6 | McNeese State | 3 | | | | | | | | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 |
| 6 | McNeese State | 3 | 6 | McNeese State | 0 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 5 | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 10 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | New Orleans | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | New Orleans | 4 | | | | 2 | Southeastern Louisiana | 4 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 6 | McNeese State | 1 | — | | | |
| 3 | Northwestern State | 5 | | | | 6 | McNeese State | 1 | — | | | |
| 7 | New Orleans | 6 | 6 | McNeese State | 8$^{13}$ | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | New Orleans | 4 | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Webb Bobo | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Carson Crites | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Conner Fikes | Stephen F. Austin |
| Jameson Fisher | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Kaleb Fontenot | McNeese State |
| Lance Miles | Sam Houston State |
| Nick Ramos | Stephen F. Austin |
| Robie Rojas | Sam Houston State |
| Mac Scerole | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Jacob Seward | Southeastern Louisiana |
| Zach Smith | Sam Houston State |

### Most Valuable Player

Heath Donica was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Donica was a junior pitcher for Sam Houston State.