Southland Conference Digital Network

Central Arkansas went to the arm of its freshman right-handed pitcher Connor Gilmore to start the championship game of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament and got a two-hit, complete-game 4-0 shutout against Southeastern Louisiana to claim the school’s league title.

Southeastern Louisiana scored the game’s final five runs en route to a 7-2 victory over Lamar and a return trip to the championship game of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament.

Central Arkansas is heading to the championship game of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament for the first time after beating Oral Roberts 11-3 Saturday morning at Constellation Field.

Lamar broke a 2-2 tie through three innings by scoring 10 unanswered runs during the next four innings to claim a 12-2, seven-inning, run-rule win over Southeastern Louisiana to set up another game between the teams with a spot in the championship game of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament on the line.

Jonathan Davis delivered for Central Arkansas for a second time Friday, driving in the winning run in walk-off fashion to lift the Bears to a 6-5 victory over Oral Roberts to force a second game against the Golden Eagles with the winner earning a spot in the championship game of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament at Constellation Field.

Lamar junior right-handed pitcher Jonathan Dziedzic came up just one out shy of pitching the first no-hitter in Southland Conference tournament history. His one-hit complete game led the No. 5 seeded Cardinals to a 3-1 victory over top-seeded and 27th-ranked Sam Houston State Friday.

Central Arkansas center fielder Jonathan Davis hit a grand slam as part of an eight-run seventh inning to help lift the Bears to an 8-1 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Friday to extend its season and setup a meeting with No. 3 seed Oral Roberts Friday at 4 p.m., CT.

Southeastern Louisiana beat Sam Houston State 5-3 Thursday to stay in the winner’s bracket of the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament at Constellation Field.

Lamar left-handed pitcher Lance Warren pitched 8.2 scoreless innings and got plenty of run support in the early innings to help the Cardinals to a 10-3 victory over McNeese State in an elimination game at the Southland Conference Baseball Tournament Thursday at Constellation Field.

New Orleans senior Hossam Meligy earned the Men’s Tennis Student-Athlete of the Year award, the conference announced Thursday in conjunction with the release of the all-academic men’s tennis teams.