CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – No. 29 Texas State will be the top seed in the 2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament when it begins Wednesday at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Bobcats claimed their third regular-season championship and their first outright title last weekend after finishing the regular season with a 38-14 overall record and 24-7 mark in conference play.
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FRISCO, Texas – Texas State first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year by a vote of league coaches and sports information directors, the Southland Conference office announced Monday in conjunction with the release of its all-conference teams.
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Matt Otteman had a career-high seven RBI with a three-run homer and a grand slam on Friday

UT Arlington 14 #30 Texas State 6

ARLINGTON, Texas – Matt Otteman had a career night hitting a grand slam and a three run homer to finish with a career-high seven RBI in UT Arlington’s 14-6 victory over No. 25 Texas State on Friday evening at Clay Gould Ballpark in Arlington. Eight Mavericks finished with multi-hit games and senior Andy Sauter pitched 3.2 innings in relief to win his fourth game of the season. UT Arlington improves to 29-24 overall and to 19-13 in the SLC while Texas State had its six-game SLC win streak snapped and falls to 38-14 overall and to 24-7 in league play.
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Southeastern Louisiana, led by Brandon Street’s .348 batting average, is trying to secure the No. 2 seed -Courtesy: Southland.org

FRISCO, Texas – Texas State clinched its third regular-season Southland Conference baseball championship last weekend and its 4-0 week, which included a road win at No. 2 Rice and a sweep of Nicholls State, has the Bobcats ranked 25th this week by Collegiate Baseball.

The Bobcats will be the No. 1 seed in the 2009 Southland Conference Baseball Championship, which will be played May 20-23 at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi. The other seven spots in the tournament have been field, but seeding has yet to be determined entering the final week of the regular season, which has teams scheduled to play Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
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The 2009 senior class celebrated their final game at Bobcat Field with a 7-6 victory over Nicholls.

Texas State 7 Nicholls State 6

SAN MARCOS – The Texas State Bobcats clawed their way back after an early offensive attack from the Nicholls Colonels and scored two run in the bottom of the ninth to take a 7-6 victory Sunday afternoon at Bobcat Field and claim the 2009 Southland Conference Regular Season Championship.
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Brian Borski

Texas State 10 Nicholls State 2

SAN MARCOS – Brian Borski gave a quality eight-inning performance on the mound and Tyler Sibley went 4-for-5 and scored two runs to aid the Texas State Bobcats in a 10-2 win over the Nicholls Colonels Saturday afternoon at Bobcat Field. The Bobcats improve to 36-12 overall and 22-6 in Southland Conference action, while the Colonels drop to 18-30 and 8-21, respectively.
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Lance Loftin went 2-for5 with three runs scored and three RBIs in tonight's win over Nicholls.

Texas State 11 Nicholls State 9

SAN MARCOS – Ben Theriot proved to be Texas State’s saving grace Friday night at Bobcat Field, knocking in the game-tying run in the bottom of the ninth before belting a walk-off two-run home run to give the Bobcats an 11-9 extra-inning victory over the Nicholls Colonels.
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Andrew Kainer becomes the second player in SLC history with a 34-game hit streak

Lamar 13 at McNeese State 5

LAKE CHARLES, La. – Lamar hit three home runs and had eight extra-base hits to defeat McNeese State 13-5 at Cowboy Diamond on Sunday to become the third team to secure a spot in the Southland Conference Tournament.

Andy Mena was one of four players to finish with three hits, including his second home run of the season, drove in three and scored twice.
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Northwestern State 10 Central Arkansas 3
Northwestern State 12 Central Arkansas 6

NATCHITOCHES – A day after the Northwestern State arms put the Central Arkansas Bear bats into hibernation in Friday’s 1-0 win, the Demon bats were resurrected in Saturday’s doubleheader for a combined 27 hits in 10-3 and 12-6 wins to complete a three-game Southland Conference baseball sweep.
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Tyler Sibley went 4-for-5 and notched his ninth home run of the season in tonight's game against UTSA.

Northwestern State 1 Central Arkansas 0

NATCHITOCHES – Northwestern State starting pitcher Ryan Zimmerman came through with flying colors on his first series opening start after he held Central Arkansas scoreless through 8-1/3 innings pitched as the Demons blanked the Bears 1-0 to open a Southland Conference baseball series.
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Chris Cappo limited the Bearkats to just four hits and retired ten straight batters at one point.

Central Arkansas 21 at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 6

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The University of Central Arkansas baseball team put away Texas A&M-Corpus Christi early with a 20-6, seven-inning victory at Chapman Field on Sunday afternoon. The Bears, after blowing leads in the first two games of the series, scored in every inning and posted a season-best 20 hits. UCA improves their record to 18-23 overall and 9-15 in Southland play, while the Islanders fall to 16-29 and 8-16.
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Texas State-Spenser Dennis

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 8 Central Arkansas 7

Trailing 7-4 heading into the bottom of the ninth inning, the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi baseball team recorded its second straight come-from-behind win over Central Arkansas scoring four times in the bottom of the ninth for an 8-7 win at Chapman Field.
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