2001 Southern Conference baseball tournament

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2001 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions The Citadel  (6th title)
Winning coach Fred Jordan (baseball)  (5th title)
MVP Randy Corn (The Citadel)
Attendance27,788
2001 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Georgia Southern  ‍†‍‍y21–9 .70042–20 .677
The Citadel  ‍‍‡‍y20–10 .66738–24 .613
Furman  ‍‍‍18–11 .62130–25 .545
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍18–11 .62130–26 .536
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍17–12 .58631–28 .525
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍12–14 .46221–32 .396
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍13–17 .43321–32 .396
College of Charleston  ‍‍‍10–16 .38524–28 .462
Wofford  ‍‍‍9–17 .34617–31 .354
Davidson  ‍‍‍10–20 .33319–32 .373
VMI  ‍‍‍8–19 .29615–32 .319
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2001 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2001 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 22 through 25. Second seeded The Citadel won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Bulldogs sixth tournament win.

Contents

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participate, so Wofford, Davidson, and VMI were not in the field.

Seeding

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Georgia Southern 219.700
–
1
The Citadel 2010.667
1
2
Furman 1811.621
2.5
3
Western Carolina 1811.621
2.5
4
UNC Greensboro 1712.586
3.5
5
Appalachian State 1214.462
7
6
East Tennessee State 1317.433
8
7
College of Charleston 1016.385
9
8
Wofford 917.346
10
Davidson 1020.333
11
VMI 819.296
11.5

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Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
5UNC Greensboro7
4Western Carolina5
1Georgia Southern10
5UNC Greensboro7
8College of Charleston2
1Georgia Southern10
2The Citadel3
1Georgia Southern2
6Appalachian State4
3Furman2
2The Citadel5
6Appalachian State3
7East Tennessee State2
2The Citadel35UNC Greensboro3
2The Citadel4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
8College of Charleston3
4Western Carolina76Appalachian State41Georgia Southern0
8College of Charleston96Appalachian State15UNC Greensboro4
5UNC Greensboro2
7East Tennessee State6
3Furman25UNC Greensboro9
7East Tennessee State8

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All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
PTed TolerUNC Greensboro
PRandy CornThe Citadel
CBrendon GilliganGeorgia Southern
1BAndy BaxterEast Tennessee State
2BShan SchumakerUNC Greensboro
3B Dallas McPherson The Citadel
SSJemel SpearmanGeorgia Southern
OFJasha BalcomCollege of Charleston
OFNathan CopelandEast Tennessee State
OFBrook DantzlerThe Citadel
OFChris CookUNC Greensboro
DHChris MittendorfUNC Greensboro
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Randy Corn
The Citadel

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References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2001". Boyd's World. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2001 Southern Conference Baseball Standings (Final)". SoConSports.com. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ "2001 Pepsi Southern Conference Baseball Tournament". SoConSports.com. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
  4. ↑ "2001 Baseball All-Tournament Team". SoConSports.com. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
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