2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament


The 2014 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–24. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's fourteen teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bear Stadium on the campus of Central Arkansas University in Conway, Arkansas. The event returned to a campus environment for one year before again being played at neutral Sugar Land, Texas in 2015 and 2016. won their first tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers from the regular season 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. Abilene Christian and were ineligible for postseason play as they transition from Division II.
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Sam Houston State228
–
1
219
1
2
1911
3
4
1911
3
3
1812
4
5
1713
5
6
1713
5
7
1614
6
8
1515
7
–
1218
10
–
*915
10
–
Stephen F. Austin1119
11
–
Abilene Christian*618
13
–
228
20
–

Results

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
PosNameTeam
PTate ScioneauxSoutheastern Louisiana
PJacob SewardSoutheastern Louisiana
CJameson FisherSoutheastern Louisiana
OFAndrew GodboldSoutheastern Louisiana
PConnor McClainCentral Arkansas
OFDoug VotolatoCentral Arkansas
OFNate FerrellCentral Arkansas
2BChris TownsendCentral Arkansas
PSteven SpannNorthwestern State
SSSam BumpersLamar
OFAndrew GuillotteMcNeese State
DHNick HeathNorthwestern State

Most Valuable Player

Tate Scioneaux was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Scioneaux was a pitcher for Southeastern Louisiana, pitching 11 scoreless innings over the tournament, recording 12 strikeouts while yielding nine hits and two walks.