| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Western Carolina (4th title) |
| MVP | Keith LeClair (Western Carolina) |
| 1988 Southern Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI x | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 20 | – | 20 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 29 | – | 17 | .630 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 23 | – | 17 | .575 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Tennessee State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 35 | .314 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina x‡y | 14 | – | 3 | .824 | 38 | – | 24 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 33 | – | 20 | .623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Davidson | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 28 | – | 26 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 2 | – | 15 | .118 | 8 | – | 29 | .216 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1988 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1988 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Asheville, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. The South Division's top seed Western Carolina won their fourth consecutive tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1988 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The tournament used a double-elimination format.
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]
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Division | |||||
| VMI | 11 | 7 | .611 | – | 1N |
| Appalachian State | 9 | 7 | .563 | 1 | 2N |
| Marshall | 7 | 9 | .438 | 3 | – |
| East Tennessee State | 7 | 11 | .389 | 4 | – |
| South Division | |||||
| Western Carolina | 14 | 3 | .824 | – | 1S |
| The Citadel | 12 | 6 | .667 | 2.5 | 2S |
| Davidson | 7 | 11 | .389 | 7.5 | – |
| Furman | 2 | 15 | .118 | 12 | – |
| First Round | Semi-Finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1N | VMI | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2S | The Citadel | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2S | The Citadel | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1S | Western Carolina | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1S | Western Carolina | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 2N | Appalachian State | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 1S | Western Carolina | 22 | — | |||||||||||
| 2S | The Citadel | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| 1N | VMI | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2N | Appalachian State | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 2S | The Citadel | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 2N | Appalachian State | 9 | ||||||||||||
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player |
Western Carolina |
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