2006 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

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2006 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams10
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions College of Charleston  (1st title)
MVPNick Chigges and Jess Easterling (College of Charleston)
Attendance28,206
2006 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Elon  y216 .7784518 .714
#13 College of Charlestony 207 .7414617 .730
Furman  1611 .5933223 .582
Georgia Southern  1611 .5933127 .534
The Citadel  1512 .5563427 .557
Western Carolina  1413 .5193327 .550
UNC Greensboro  1314 .4812633 .441
Appalachian State  918 .3332431 .436
Davidson  621 .2221833 .353
Wofford  522 .1852037 .351
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2006 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 23 through May 27. Second seeded College of Charleston won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Cougars' first SoCon tournament win.

Contents

All ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, double-elimination tournament.

Seeding

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Elon 216.778
1
College of Charleston 207.740
1
2
Furman 1611.593
5
3
Georgia Southern 1611.593
5
4
The Citadel 1512.556
6
5
Western Carolina 1413.519
7
6
UNC Greensboro 1314.481
8
7
Appalachian State 918.333
12
8
Davidson 621.222
15
9
Wofford 522.185
16
10

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Results

[3] Seeding and pairings

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 23
Team R
#10 Wofford5
#7 UNC Greensboro6
Notes: Wofford eliminated
Tuesday, May 23
Team R
#9 Davidson4
#8 Appalachian State5
Notes: Davidson eliminated

Bracket

 First Round  Second Round  Third Round  Semifinals  Finals
                         
 Winner's Bracket
 3Furman1 
 6Western Carolina14  
   2College of Charleston1 
   6Western Carolina0  
 7UNC Greensboro5     
 2College of Charleston13    
   1Elon1      
   2College of Charleston12       
 8Appalachian State3       
 1Elon4        
   1Elon12     
   4The Citadel3    
 5Georgia Southern3     
 4The Citadel6    2College of Charleston5
   4The Citadel4
 Loser's Bracket   
 3Furman4    
 7UNC Greensboro5  7UNC Greensboro3    
  4The Citadel10     
   4The Citadel4    
 5Georgia Southern5    6Western Carolina2  4The Citadel14  
 8Appalachian State2  6Western Carolina13    1Elon1 
  5Georgia Southern3 

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
PNick ChiggesCollege of Charleston
CAlex GarabedianCollege of Charleston
1BTrey DanielWestern Carolina
2BChris CampbellCollege of Charleston
SSJess EasterlingCollege of Charleston
3BAdam WeaverElon
OFChris SwaugerThe Citadel
OFLarry CobbCollege of Charleston
OFChris PriceElon
DHSonny MeadeThe Citadel
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Nick Chigges and Jess Easterling
College of Charleston

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