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The 2020 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament was scheduled to be held at Swanson Stadium, home field of the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles baseball team in Fort Myers, Florida from May 20 through 23. The winner of the tournament would have claimed the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. On March 12, 2020, the NCAA cancelled all winter and spring sports championships due to the coronavirus pandemic, thus cancelling the tournament.
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- ↑ "Atlantic Sun Conference". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
- ↑ "2016-17 Atlantic Sun Championship Calendar". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 ASUN Baseball Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 Baseball Championship Central". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
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- ↑ "Conference Student-Athletes Unveil New ASUN Brand Identity" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. April 28, 2016.