1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

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1985 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Western Carolina  (1st title)
MVPMike Carson (Western Carolina)
1985 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
Appalachian State  x‍‍‍14–3 .82435–13 .729
Marshall  ‍‍‍10–8 .55626–18 .591
VMI  ‍‍‍8–10 .44416–24 .400
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍3–14 .17610–31 .244
Southern
Davidson  x‍‍‍11–5 .68824–19 .558
No. 26 Western Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y11–6 .64737–35 .514
The Citadel  ‍‍‍8–10 .44429–20 .592
Furman  ‍‍‍4–13 .23516–29 .356
x – Division champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1985 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1985 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Boone, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. The South Division's second seed Western Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1985 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Contents

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary. [2]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
North Division
Appalachian State 143.824
–
1N
Marshall 108.556
4.5
2N
VMI 810.444
6.5
–
East Tennessee State 314.176
11
–
South Division
Davidson 115.688
–
1S
Western Carolina 116.647
.5
2S
The Citadel 810.444
4
–
Furman 413.235
7.5
–

Bracket

First Round Semi-Finals Finals
          
1S Davidson 1
2NMarshall9
2NMarshall5
Winner's bracket
2S Western Carolina 2
1N Appalachian State 2
2SWestern Carolina3
2N Marshall 6 12
2SWestern Carolina1213
1SDavidson8
1N Appalachian State 5
2SWestern Carolina13
Loser's bracket
1S Davidson 2

[3]

Most Outstanding Player

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player [4]
Mike Carson
Western Carolina

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References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1985". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  3. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 48. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
  4. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 63. Retrieved 2012-09-15.
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