# 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.

## 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.
| 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:
| 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+ |
| 1 | 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 3 Lamar vs. No. 4 New Orleans | 1–4 | Not recorded | | ESPN+ |
| 1 | 2 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 6 McNeese | 3–2 $_{(14)}$ | 757 | | ESPN+ |
| 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+ |
| 2 | 6 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 3 Lamar | 4–0 | Not recorded | Lamar eliminated | ESPN+ |
| 2 | 7 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 4 New Orleans | 3–4 | 629 | | ESPN+ |
| Third Round – Thursday, May 26, 2023 ||||||||
| 3 | 8 | 11:00 am | No. 1 Nicholls vs. No. 4 New Orleans | 5–3 | Not recorded | | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 9 | 2:30 pm | No. 5 Northwestern State vs. No. 6 McNeese | 6–2 | Not recorded | McNeese eliminated | ESPN+ |
| 3 | 10 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 New Orleans vs. No. 5 Northwestern State | 7–3 | 633 | Northwestern State eliminated | ESPN+ |
| 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+ |
| 4 | 12 | | Rematch (not necessary) | – | | | ESPN+ |
| *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 | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Third round | Third round | Third round | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 6 | McNeese | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | Incarnate Word | 0 | | | | | | |
| 1 | Nicholls | 3 | 2 | Incarnate Word | 0 | 5 | Northwestern State | 6 | | | |
| 6 | McNeese | 2$^{14}$ | | | | 6 | McNeese | 2 | | | |
| 6 | McNeese | 2$^{14}$ | 1 | Nicholls | 4 | 6 | McNeese | 2 | | | |
| | | | 3 | Lamar | 0 | | | | | | |
| 2 | Incarnate Word | 1 | 3 | Lamar | 0 | | | | 1 | Nicholls | 6 |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 2 | | | | | | | 4 | New Orleans | 3 |
| 5 | Northwestern State | 2 | 5 | Northwestern State | 3 | | | | 4 | New Orleans | 3 |
| | | | 4 | New Orleans | 4 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Lamar | 1 | 4 | New Orleans | 4 | 4 | New Orleans | 7 | | | |
| 4 | New Orleans | 4 | | | | 5 | Northwestern State | 3 | | | |
| 4 | New Orleans | 4 | 1 | Nicholls | 5 | 5 | Northwestern State | 3 | | | |
| | | | 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