2019 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament

2019 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournament
Teams10
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East Division
Georgia Southern  x‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 35 – 24 – 0   .593
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y 15 – 13 – 0   .536 36 – 26 – 1   .579
South Alabama  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 30 – 26 – 0   .536
Troy  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 31 – 29 – 0   .517
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16 – 0   .448 22 – 31 – 0   .415
Georgia State  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24 – 0   .200 15 – 41 – 0   .268
West Division
Texas State  x‍‍‍ 20 – 10 – 0   .667 36 – 20 – 0   .643
Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 18 – 11 – 0   .621 29 – 28 – 0   .509
Texas–Arlington  ‍‍‍ 17 – 12 – 0   .586 32 – 26 – 0   .552
Louisiana  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15 – 0   .500 28 – 31 – 0   .475
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 12 – 17 – 0   .414 27 – 31 – 0   .466
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 26 – 29 – 0   .473
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2019 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament will be held at Springs Brooks Stadium on the campus of the Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, from May 21 to May 26, 2019. The tournament will again use a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament will earn the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Seeding

In a change from previous years, the top ten teams (based on conference results) from the conference earn invites to the tournament. The teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the bottom four seeds competing in a play-in round. The remaining eight teams will then play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket will play a championship final.[3]

Results

Play-in round

Tuesday, May 21
Team R
Louisiana–Monroe 12
South Alabama 7
Tuesday, May 21
Team R
Appalachian State 2
Louisiana 6

Double-elimination round

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Texas State 0
10 Louisiana–Monroe 8
10 Louisiana–Monroe 18
4 Texas–Arlington 5
4 Texas–Arlington 9
5 Coastal Carolina 810
10 Louisiana–Monroe 10 6
5 Coastal Carolina 26 10
1 Texas State 4
5 Coastal Carolina 13
4 Texas–Arlington 1310
5 Coastal Carolina 14
5 Coastal Carolina 9
2 Georgia Southern 7
3 Little Rock 6
6 Troy 5
3 Little Rock 3
2 Georgia Southern 10
2 Georgia Southern 6
8 Louisiana 513
2 Georgia Southern 1 –
6 Troy 0 –
6 Troy 10
8 Louisiana 7
3 Little Rock 4
6 Troy 5

Conference championship

Sun Belt Championship
(5) Coastal Carolina Chanticleers vs. (2) Georgia Southern Eagles
May 25, 2019, 1:00 p.m. (EDT) at Springs Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(5) Coastal Carolina 0 0 0 3 1 4 1 0 0 9 10 1
(2) Georgia Southern 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 10 2
WP: Alaska Abney (3–4)   LP: Hayden Harris (3–1)   Sv: Scott Kobos (1)
Home runs:
CCAR: Kieton Rivers×2
GASO: Nolan Tressler; Noah Ledford
Attendance: 1,088

References

  1. ^ "Sun Belt Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 Championships Schedule". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved December 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Announces Changes to Baseball Regular Season, Championship Format; Future Championship Sites Named". Sun Belt Conference. November 11, 2016. Retrieved November 14, 2017.