2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament

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2016 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams9
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
2016 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Mercer  ‍†‍‍16–8 .66738–23 .623
Western Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y15–9 .62531–31 .500
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍15–9 .62538–21 .644
Furman  ‍‍‍14–10 .58329–30 .492
Samford  ‍‍‍13–11 .54235–26 .574
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍13–11 .54227–30 .474
Wofford  ‍‍‍12–12 .50030–28 .517
The Citadel  ‍‍‍6–18 .25017–42 .288
VMI  ‍‍‍4–20 .16721–35 .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Western Carolina University won the tournament. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner earns the league's bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2015–16 academic year. [2]

Contents

The tournament was originally held from 1950–53, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Western Carolina has claimed nine championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Furman is the only other school current school with multiple championships, winning two. East Tennessee State, UNC Greensboro, and VMI have never won a title, although East Tennessee State and VMI returned to the conference in 2015 after over ten years in other conferences. Defending champion Mercer claimed the conference championship in its first ever appearance.

The tournament will be played in Greenville, which has hosted three of the past seven events. [3]

Seeding and format

All nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The winner will play the top seed, as part of the double-elimination tournament. [4]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Mercer 168.667—1
Western Carolina 159.62512
UNC Greensboro 159.62513
Furman 1410.58324
East Tennessee State 1311.54235
Samford 1311.54236
Wofford 1212.50047
The Citadel 618.250108
VMI 420.167129

Bracket

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 24
Team R
#9 VMI 2
#8 The Citadel 3

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Mercer 13
8The Citadel1
1Mercer6
4Furman1
4 Furman 3
5 East Tennessee State 0
1Mercer9
2Western Carolina8
3 UNC Greensboro 5
6 Samford 8
6Samford4
2Western Carolina14
2 Western Carolina 10
7 Wofford 91Mercer22
2Western Carolina43
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5East Tennessee State11
8The Citadel26Samford126Samford4
5East Tennessee State46Samford22Western Carolina7
4Furman0
3UNC Greensboro10
3UNC Greensboro94Furman15
7Wofford6

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References

  1. ↑ "Southern Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ↑ "2015-16 Southern Conference Championship Schedule". soconsports.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2016 Baseball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. ↑ "2016 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
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