2024 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2024 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
2024 Big South baseball tournament logo.png
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions High Point Panthers  (1st title)
Winning coach Joey Hammond  (1st title)
MVP Eric Grintz (High Point)
Television ESPN+
2024 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Presbyterian  1860 .75029270 .518
High Point  y1770 .70834250 .576
USC Upstate  1680 .66736240 .600
Charleston Southern  12120 .50022320 .407
Longwood  10140 .41723290 .442
UNC Asheville  10140 .41722280 .440
Gardner-Webb  9150 .37522310 .415
Winthrop  8150 .34819291 .398
Radford  7160 .30416340 .320
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Truist Point in High Point, North Carolina. The top four regular season finishers of the conference's nine teams met in the double-elimination tournament. The tournament champion, High Point, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first ever conference championship and appearance in the NCAA tournament for High Point. [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top four finishers of the league's nine teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Presbyterian 4
4 Charleston Southern 5
4 Charleston Southern 11
Winner's bracket
2 High Point12
3 USC Upstate 8
2 High Point 10
2 High Point6
3 USC Upstate 0
1 Presbyterian 8
3 USC Upstate9
3 USC Upstate4
Loser's bracket
4 Charleston Southern 2

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference
Thursday, May 23
11:00pmNo. 4 Charleston Southern vs No. 1 Presbyterian 5–4 [3]
25:00pmNo. 2 High Point vs No. 3 USC Upstate 10–8 [4]
Friday, May 24
311:00amNo. 1 Presbyterian vs No. 3 USC Upstate8–9Presbyterian eliminated [5]
43:00pmNo. 2 High Point vs No. 4 Charleston Southern12–11 [6]
57:00pmNo. 4 Charleston Southern vs No. 3 USC Upstate2–4Charleston Southern eliminated [7]
Saturday, May 25
612:00pmNo. 2 High Point vs No. 3 USC Upstate6–0High Point wins championship [8]
74:00pmRematch (not necessary)
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All–Tournament Team

Source: [9]

PositionPlayerTeam
CEric Grintz (MVP)High Point
INFVance SheahanUSC Upstate
INFTroy HamiltonUSC Upstate
INFBrayden SimpsonHigh Point
INFJack GormanPresbyterian
OFJace RinehartUSC Upstate
OFKonni DurschlagHigh Point
OFCade ConwayCharleston Southern
DHNoah SullivanUSC Upstate
PMathieu CurtisUSC Upstate
PBrett WozniakHigh Point
UTLSam MasseyCharleston Southern

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