2002 Southland Conference Tournament

The 2002 Southland Conference baseball tournament was held in Beaumont, TX. #3 Lamar University defeated #1 Northwestern State University of Louisiana for the title. Clay Hensley of Lamar was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	17-10	Mitch Gaspard
2	University of Louisiana at Monroe	17-10	Brad Holland
3	Lamar University	16-11	Jim Gilligan
4	University of Texas at Arlington	15-11	Jeff Curtis
5	McNeese State University	15-12	Todd Butler
6	Southwest Texas State University	14-13	Ty Harrington

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Northwestern St.	0
	6	Southwest Texas St.	11			6	Southwest Texas St.	4
						4	UT Arlington	0
	2	Louisiana-Monroe	6								6	Southwest Texas St.	0
	5	McNeese St.	7								3	Lamar	7
						5	McNeese St.	3													3	Lamar	5	x
						3	Lamar	4													1	Northwestern St.	4	x
	3	Lamar	4													6	Southwest Texas St.	4
	4	UT Arlington	3								5	McNeese St.	2			1	Northwestern St.	6
						1	Northwestern St.	12			1	Northwestern St.	9
						2	Louisiana-Monroe	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	Southwest Texas State University	11-0	Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Game 2	McNeese State University	7-6	University of Louisiana at Monroe
Game 3	Lamar University	4-3	University of Texas at Arlington
May 23
Game 4	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	12-3	University of Louisiana at Monroe	Louisiana-Monroe eliminated
Game 5	Southwest Texas State University	4-0	University of Texas at Arlington	UT Arlington eliminated
Game 6	Lamar University	4-3	McNeese State University
May 24
Game 7	Lamar University	7-0	Southwest Texas State University
Game 8	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	9-2	McNeese State University	McNeese State eliminated
Game 9	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	6-4	Southwest Texas State University	Southwest Texas eliminated
May 25
Game 10	Lamar University	5-4	Northwestern State University of Louisiana	Lamar advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Matt Gowan, Lamar, C
• Chris Micheles, Southwest Texas St., 1B
• Blake Justice, Lamar, 2B
• Mickey Hernandez, Lamar, 3B
• Ricky Solis, Northwestern St., SS
• Alonzo Soliz, Northwestern St., OF
• Jordan Foster, Lamar, OF
• Tommy Eubanks, McNeese St., OF
• Anatole Vincent, Northwestern St., DH
• Josh Gray, Lamar, P
• Clay Hensley, Lamar, P