1991 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

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1991 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams7
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Furman  (1st title)
MVPBrent Williams (Furman)
1991 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
The Citadel  162 .8893419 .642
Western Carolina  113 .7863626 .581
Marshall  97 .5631626 .381
Furman  y65 .5452626 .500
Appalachian State  58 .3852821 .571
East Tennessee State  513 .2782329 .442
VMI  115 .063235 .054
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1991 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1991 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, SC from April 27 through April 30. Fourth seeded Furman won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Paladins first tournament win.

Contents

The tournament used a double-elimination format, with top seeded The Citadel receiving a bye to the second day in order to compensate for the odd number of teams in the league.

Seeding

TeamWLPctGBSeed
The Citadel 162.889
1
Western Carolina 113.786
3
2
Marshall 97.563
6
3
Furman 65.545
6.5
4
Appalachian State 58.385
8.5
5
East Tennessee State 513.278
11
6
VMI 115.063
14
7

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Results

Bracket

Bracket to be included

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
April 271 Western Carolina 18–2 VMI
2 East Tennessee State 14–4 Marshall
3 Appalachian State 4–2 Furman
April 284 Furman 10–4 Marshall Marshall eliminated
5 East Tennessee State 7–4 Western Carolina
6 Appalachian State 2–0 The Citadel
7 Furman 8–3 VMI VMI eliminated
April 298 Western Carolina 7–3 The Citadel The Citadel eliminated
9 Appalachian State 7–1 East Tennessee State
10 Western Carolina 9–4 East Tennessee State East Tennessee State eliminated
11 Furman 7–6 (10) Appalachian State
April 3012 Western Carolina 4–0 Appalachian State Appalachian State eliminated
13 Furman 11–9 Western Carolina Furman wins SoCon Tournament

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All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
PJack KimelWestern Carolina
CBrent WilliamsFurman
1BRodney TeshWestern Carolina
2BJohn KeyAppalachian State
3BMatt RaleighWestern Carolina
SSNathan DunnEast Tennessee State
OFKevin BellomoWestern Carolina
OFJoey CoxWestern Carolina
OFScott WaughAppalachian State
DHDallas RhinehartEast Tennessee State
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Brent Williams
Furman

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References

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  3. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2012-09-14.
  4. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved 2012-09-14.