2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2007 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Coastal Carolina  (8th title)
Winning coach Gary Gilmore  (5th title)
MVP Tommy Baldridge (Coastal Carolina)
2007 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 24 Coastal Carolina  y174 .8105013 .794
Winthrop  156 .7143327 .550
Liberty  147 .6673625 .590
VMI  1011 .4763421 .618
High Point  1011 .4762730 .474
UNC Asheville  912 .4292238 .367
Charleston Southern  714 .3332234 .393
Radford  219 .0951036 .217
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 22 through 26 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eight time, and earned an invitation to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Format

All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament. [2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina 174.8101
Winthrop 156.71422
Liberty 147.66733
VMI 1011.47674
High Point 1011.47675
UNC Asheville 912.42986
Charleston Southern 714.333107
Radford 219.095158

Bracket and results

Play-in round

Team R
8 Radford 3
5 High Point 8
Team R
7 Charleston Southern 0
6 UNC Asheville 3

Double-elimination rounds

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Coastal Carolina 6
6UNC Asheville31Coastal Carolina4
4VMI2
3 Liberty 41Coastal Carolina13
4 VMI 32Winthrop3
3Liberty11Coastal Carolina6
2Winthrop43Liberty5
2 Winthrop 62Winthrop0
5High Point53Liberty123Liberty11
6UNC Asheville96UNC Asheville8
5High Point7

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Tommy BaldridgeCoastal Carolina
Tyler BortnickCoastal Carolina
Phil CareyWinthrop
Bobby GaggCoastal Carolina
Patrick GaillardLiberty
P.K. KellerLiberty
Derek MartinCoastal Carolina
Nick McCullyCoastal Carolina
Matt RademacherCoastal Carolina
Jonathan SettleWinthrop
Michael SolbachLiberty
Dustin UmbergerLiberty
Adam VrableCoastal Carolina
Garrett YoungLiberty

Most Valuable Player

Tommy Baldridge was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Baldridge was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina. [2]

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