2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

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2007 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams10
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Wofford  (1st title)
MVPBrandon Waring (Wofford)
Attendance31,298 [1]
2007 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Western Carolina  y207 .7414220 .677
College of Charleston  207 .7413919 .672
Elon  1512 .5563229 .525
Appalachian State  1413 .5193326 .559
UNC Greensboro  1413 .5193030 .500
Georgia Southern  1314 .4813428 .548
The Citadel  1215 .4443427 .557
Furman  1116 .4071936 .345
Wofford  y819 .2963033 .476
Davidson  819 .2961934 .358
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007 [2] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 20 through May 24. Ninth seeded Wofford won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Terrier's 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
College of Charleston 207.704
1
Western Carolina 207.667
2
Elon 1512.630
5
3
Appalachian State 1413.593
6
4
UNC Greensboro 1413.556
6
5
Georgia Southern 1314.519
7
6
The Citadel 1215.519
8
7
Furman 1116.444
9
8
Wofford 819.222
12
9
Davidson 819.148
12
10

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Results

[4] Pairings
[5] Results

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 20
Team R
#9 Wofford5
#8 Furman3
Notes: Furman eliminated
Tuesday, May 20
Team R
#10 Davidson0
#7 The Citadel7
Notes: Davidson eliminated

Bracket

 First Round  Second Round  Third Round  Semifinals  Finals
                         
 Winner's Bracket
 5UNC Greensboro9 
 4Appalachian State  
   3Elon5 
   7The Citadel6  
 9Wofford19     
 1College of Charleston6    
   7The Citadel2      
   9Wofford6       
 7The Citadel7       
 2Western Carolina2        
   5UNC Greensboro5     
   9Wofford12    
 6Georgia Southern7     
 3Elon14    9Wofford4 
   7The Citadel2 
 Loser's Bracket   
 1College of Charleston10    
 4Appalachian State11  3Elon9    
  4Appalachian State5     
   3Elon11    
 6Georgia Southern6    5UNC Greensboro9  7The Citadel5  
 2Western Carolina5  5UNC Greensboro8    3Elon2 
  6Georgia Southern6 

All-Tournament Team

PositionPlayerSchool
PBen AustinWofford
CRichard JonesThe Citadel
1BZach BrownThe Citadel
2BEric StrukieWofford
SSMike GilmartinWofford
3BBrandon WaringWofford
OFPat IrvineElon
OFSean SnellUNC Greensboro
OFChris SwaugerThe Citadel
DHAndrew FrancoAppalachian State
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Brandon Waring
Wofford

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