2019 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2019 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Campbell  (5th title)
Winning coach Justin Haire  (2nd title)
Television ESPN3 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
ESPN+ (Thursday-Friday)
ESPNU (Championship)
2019 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Campbell  y197 .7313721 .638
Radford  198 .7043027 .526
Winthrop  189 .6673423 .596
Presbyterian  1611 .5933029 .508
High Point  1413 .5192727 .500
Gardner–Webb  1413 .5192526 .490
Charleston Southern  1116 .4072336 .390
USC Upstate  917 .3462330 .434
UNC Asheville  918 .3331636 .308
Longwood  522 .1851141 .212
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Fayetteville Ballpark in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 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

Play–in games
   
6 High Point 2
9 UNC Asheville 0
7 Charleston Southern 6
8 USC Upstate 1
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Campbell 20
7Charleston Southern7
2 Radford 313
7Charleston Southern8
1Campbell13
3Winthrop5
4 Presbyterian 2
5 Gardner–Webb 1
4Presbyterian5
3Winthrop12
3 Winthrop 4
6High Point1
1Campbell8
3Winthrop6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Presbyterian4
5Gardner–Webb26High Point156High Point2
6High Point66High Point63Winthrop6
2Radford4
2Radford8
7Charleston Southern1

Conference championship

Big South Championship
(3) Winthrop Eaglesvs.(1) Campbell Fighting Camels
May 25, 2019, 12:00 pm (EDT) at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Team123456789 R H E
(3) Winthrop100121001661
(1) Campbell00013031X8143
WP: Phil Simpson (2–2)   LP: Colten Rendon (3–3)   Sv: Tyson Messer (5)
Home runs:
WIN: None
CAMP: Luis Gimenez; Tyler Anshaw; Matthew Barefoot

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References

  1. "Big South Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Big South Championship Schedule". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 3, 2018.