The 2021 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Toyota Field in Madison, Alabama from May 19 through 23. Southern won the Tournament for the 17th time and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The double elimination tournament featured four teams from each division.
Seeding and format The four eligible teams in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket. + East Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed 24 0 1.000 — 1E 14 7 .667 7 2E 9 13 .409 13.5 3E 6 16 .273 17 4E 0 17 .000 20.5 —+ West Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed 12 7 .632 — 1W 12 9 .571 1 2W Southern 13 11 .542 1.5 3W 10 14 .417 4.5 4W 8 14 .364 5.5 —
Tournament
Bracket
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes May 19 Game 1 (2W) 8–1 (3E) Game 2 (3W) Southern 3–0 (2E) Game 3 (1E) 7–4 (4W) Game 4 (1W) 2–0 (4E) May 20 Game 5 (4W) 12–7 (3E) Alabama A&M eliminated Game 6 (4E) 3–2 (2E) Alabama State eliminated Game 7 (1E) 14–13 (2W) Game 8 (1W) 2–1 (3W) Southern May 21 Game 9 (2W) 5–2 (4W) Texas Southern eliminated Game 10 (3W) Southern 10–5 (4E) Alcorn State eliminated Game 11 (1E) 9–5 (2W) Grambling State eliminated Game 12 (3W) Southern 24–3 (1W) May 22 Game 13 (3W) Southern 8–4 (1W) Prairie View A&M eliminated May 23 Game 14 (3W) Southern 7–6 (1E) Southern wins SWAC Tournament
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name School Isaiah Adams Southern Chenar Brown Jackson State Cameron Bufford Grambling State O’Neill Burgos Southern Colton Frank Southern Nickelle Galatas Jackson State Xavian Moore Southern Enrique Ozoa Southern Jahmoi Percival Grambling State Wesley Reyes Jackson State Equon Smith Jackson State Kyle Smith Prairie View A&M
Most Valuable Player O’Neill Burgos was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Burgos was a designated hitter for Southern.
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