2000 Southland Conference Tournament

The 2000 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held in Monroe, LA. #3 Southwest Texas State University defeated #1 University of Louisiana at Monroe for the title. Shane Webb of UL Monroe was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of Louisiana at Monroe	20-7	Smoke Laval
2	McNeese State University	20-7	Mike Bianco
3	Southwest Texas State University	16-11	Ty Harrington
4	Nicholls State University	15-12	B.D. Parker
5	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	14-13	John Cohen
6	Sam Houston State University	14-13	John Skeeters

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Louisiana-Monroe	7
	6	Sam Houston St.	5			1	Louisiana-Monroe	12
						4	Nicholls St.	6
	2	McNeese St.	4								1	Louisiana-Monroe	4
	5	Northwestern St.	6								3	Southwest Texas St.	6
						5	Northwestern St.	1													3	SW Texas St.	3	x
						3	Southwest Texas St.	5													1	Louisiana-Monroe	2	x
	3	Southwest Texas St.	13													1	Louisiana-Monroe	4
	4	Nicholls St.	12								5	Northwestern St.	3			5	Northwestern St.	3
						6	Sam Houston St.	4			6	Sam Houston St.	1
						2	McNeese St.	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	6-4	McNeese State University
Game 2	Southwest Texas State University	13-12	Nicholls State University
Game 3	University of Louisiana at Monroe	7-5	Sam Houston State University
Game 4	Sam Houston State University	4-3 (11)	McNeese State University	McNeese State eliminated
Game 5	University of Louisiana at Monroe	12-6	Nicholls State University	Nicholls State eliminated
Game 6	Southwest Texas State University	5-1	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Game 7	Southwest Texas State University	6-4	University of Louisiana at Monroe
Game 8	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	3-1	Sam Houston State University	Sam Houston State eliminated
Game 9	University of Louisiana at Monroe	4-3 (11)	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Northwestern State eliminated
Game 10	Southwest Texas State University	3-2	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Southwest Texas State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Chris Seaman, Southwest Texas St., C
• Buddy Proctor, Northwestern St., 1B
• Rondon Anderson, Nicholls St., 2B
• Willie Core, UL Monroe, 3B
• Shane Webb, UL Monroe, SS
• Jason Washington, Southwest Texas St., OF
• Terrence Moore, Southwest Texas St., OF
• Nolan Parker, McNeese St., OF
• Mike Wombacher, UL Monroe, DH
• Jason Slanina, Northwestern St., P
• Nathan Boyd, Sam Houston St., P