2002 Southern Conference baseball tournament

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2002 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Georgia Southern  (3rd title)
Winning coach Rodney Hennon  (2nd title)
MVP Brett Lewis (Georgia Southern)
Attendance22,696
2002 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
The Citadel  228 .7333126 .544
Western Carolina  2010 .6673323 .589
College of Charleston  1911 .6333622 .621
Georgia Southern  y1811 .6213925 .609
UNC Greensboro  1711 .6073322 .600
Furman  1416 .4672634 .433
Wofford  1416 .4672631 .456
East Tennessee State  1316 .4482336 .390
Davidson  1316 .4482129 .420
Appalachian State  1019 .3451634 .320
VMI  127 .0361041 .196
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2002 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2002 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 22 through 25. Fourth seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2002 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Eagles third tournament win.

Contents

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participate, so East Tennessee State, Appalachian State and VMI were not in the field.

Seeding

TeamWLPctGBSeed
The Citadel 228.733
1
Western Carolina 2010.667
2
2
College of Charleston 1911.633
3
3
Georgia Southern 1811.621
3.5
4
UNC Greensboro 1711.607
4
5
Wofford 1416.467
8
6
Furman 1416.467
8
7
Davidson 1316.448
8.5
8
East Tennessee State 1316.448
8.5
Appalachian State 1019.345
11.5
VMI 127.036
20

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Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
6Furman6
3College of Charleston7
2Western Carolina0
3College of Charleston3
7Wofford2
2Western Carolina9
3College of Charleston9
4Georgia Southern4
5UNC Greensboro2
4Georgia Southern4
1The Citadel2
4Georgia Southern4
8East Tennessee State5
1The Citadel74Georgia Southern98
3College of Charleston60
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1The Citadel0
6Furman76Furman64Georgia Southern10
7Wofford56Furman96Furman4
5UNC Greensboro7
2Western Carolina4
5UNC Greensboro35UNC Greensboro6
8East Tennessee State0

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All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
PBrett LewisGeorgia Southern
CMatt LauerdaleCollege of Charleston
1BCarolos LoveGeorgia Southern
2BJack ArroyoCollege of Charleston
3BLee CurtisCollege of Charleston
SSJemes SpearmanGeorgia Southern
OFCraig CaudillFurman
OFKirk StrebinUNC Greensboro
OFBrett AndersonCollege of Charleston
OFMatt HerringGeorgia Southern
DHCoogie FreedmanFurman
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Brett Lewis
Georgia Southern

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The 1984 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Hennon Stadium on the campus of Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, North Carolina, from April 27 through 29. This was the league's first championship tournament to be held since 1953, when seven schools departed the conference to form the Atlantic Coast Conference. Modern conference baseball records begin with the 1954 baseball season. The North Division's top seed Appalachian State won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1984 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 1987 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held in Asheville, North Carolina, from April 27 through 29. The South Division's top seed Western Carolina won their third consecutive tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

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References

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