2018 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2018 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Campbell  (4th title)
Winning coach Justin Haire  (1st title)
TelevisionBig South Network (Days 1, 3)
ESPN+ (Day 2)
ESPN3 (Day 4)
ESPNU (Championship)
2018 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Campbell  216 .7783123 .574
High Point  198 .7043221 .604
Liberty  1710 .6302924 .547
Winthrop  1512 .5562429 .453
Gardner–Webb  1413 .5192925 .537
Radford  1413 .5192430 .444
Charleston Southern  1017 .3701934 .358
Longwood  918 .3331736 .321
Presbyterian  819 .2961539 .278
UNC Asheville  819 .2961338 .255
Tournament champion
As of May 22, 2018 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Campbell8
8 Longwood 1
1 Campbell8
5 Gardner-Webb3
4 Winthrop 5
5 Gardner Webb7
1 Campbell5 6
3 Liberty 104
8 Longwood 4
4 Winthrop7
4 Winthrop 4
5 Gardner-Webb5
1 Campbell7
2 High Point 5
2 High Point 611
7 Charleston Southern5
2 High Point6
6 Radford 3
3 Liberty 1
6 Radford4
2 High Point4X
5 Gardner-Webb1 X
7 Charleston Southern 2
3 Liberty4
3 Liberty310
6 Radford 2

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References

  1. "Big South Conference Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. "2017-18 Big South Championship Schedule". Big South Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]