2018 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament

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2018 ASUN Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Stetson  (8th title)
Winning coach Steve Trimper  (1st title)
MVPEric Foggo (Stetson)
Television ESPN+
2018 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
No. 10 Stetson  y1530 .833  48130 .787
Jacksonville  y1460 .700  40210 .656
Kennesaw State  11100 .524  25300 .455
North Florida  10110 .476  28280 .500
Lipscomb  9120 .429  24300 .444
NJIT  9120 .429  22250 .468
Florida Gulf Coast  8130 .381  32210 .604
USC Upstate  5140 .263  23281 .452
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2018 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 ASUN Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Harmon Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville, FL from May 23 through 26. As the winner of the tournament for the league-best eighth time, Stetson claimed the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Format and seeding

The 2018 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six conference members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Stetson 153.8331
Jacksonville 146.70022
Kennesaw State 1110.5245.53
North Florida 1011.4766.54
Lipscomb 912.4297.55
NJIT 912.4297.56
Florida Gulf Coast 813.3818.5
USC Spartans 514.26310.5

Bracket and results

 First roundSecond roundThird roundSemi-finalsFinals
                         
 1 Stetson 7 
 6 NJIT 2  1Stetson2 
  3Kennesaw State1  
 2 Jacksonville 9    1Stetson9      
 5 Lipscomb 6     2Jacksonville8       
   2Jacksonville4     1Stetson6
   4North Florida3    4North Florida0
 3 Kennesaw State 1    2Jacksonville2  
 4 North Florida 7   4North Florida7  4North Florida6 
 6NJIT5  5Lipscomb6 
 5Lipscomb10 

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

NameSchool
Angel CamachoJacksonville
Jeffrey CrisanLipscomb
Scott DubruleJacksonville
Eric FoggoStetson
Frank GermanNorth Florida
Logan Gilbert Stetson
Jacob KoosStetson
Mitchell SengerStetson
Mike SpoonerStetson
Ruben SomeillanJacksonville
Blake VoylesNorth Florida

Most Valuable Player

Eric Foggo was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Foggo was a freshman first baseman for Stetson, who batted 6 for 14 for the Tournament with 4 RBI. [4]

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