2009 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2009 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Coastal Carolina  (10th title)
Winning coach Gary Gilmore  (7th title)
MVP David Anderson (Coastal Carolina)
2009 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 30 Coastal Carolina  y215 .8084716 .746
Winthrop  189 .6673525 .583
Liberty  179 .6543321 .611
Radford  169 .6402624 .520
Gardner–Webb  1314 .4812525 .500
High Point  1112 .4782132 .396
Charleston Southern  1015 .4001637 .302
VMI  1015 .4001835 .340
Presbyterian  719 .2691338 .255
UNC Asheville  521 .192942 .176
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 19 through 23 at McCormick Field, home field of UNC Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina. The top eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the tenth time, and earned an invitation to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Format

The top eight finishers from the round-robin regular season 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 215.8081
Winthrop 189.6673.52
Liberty 179.65443
Radford 169.6404.54
Gardner–Webb 1314.4818.55
High Point 1112.4788.56
Charleston Southern 1015.40010.57
VMI 1015.40010.58
Presbyterian 719.26914
UNC Asheville 521.19216

Bracket and results

Play-in round

Team R
7 Charleston Southern 1
6 High Point 2
Team R
8 VMI 13
5 Gardner–Webb 4

Double-elimination rounds

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina7
4Radford11
1 Coastal Carolina 94Radford3
8VMI42Winthrop212Winthrop6
8VMI4
3Liberty1
2Winthrop8
3 Liberty 10
2Winthrop1
4 Radford 3
3Liberty201Coastal Carolina7
6High Point10
2 Winthrop 43Liberty0
6High Point71Coastal Carolina7
1Coastal Carolina8
6High Point4

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
David AndersonCoastal Carolina
Austin FleetCoastal Carolina
Alex GregoryRadford
Bryn HendersonWinthrop
Errol HollingerLiberty
P.J. JimenezLiberty
Robert LakeWinthrop
Bill ManionHigh Point
Nick McCullyCoastal Carolina
Rico NoelCoastal Carolina
Eddie RohanWinthrop
Sean SullivanWinthrop
Eddie TisdaleWinthrop
A.J. YoderVMI

Most Valuable Player

David Anderson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Anderson was a first baseman for Coastal Carolina. [2]

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