Southern Conference baseball tournament

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Southern Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
Southern Conference logo.svg
Southern Conference logo
Sport Baseball
Conference Southern Conference
Number of teams8
Format Double-elimination
Current stadium Fluor Field
Current location Greenville, South Carolina
Played1950–1953, 1984–present
Last contest 2023
Current champion Samford (4)
Most championships Western Carolina (10)
Official website SoConSports.com Baseball

The Southern Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southern Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event is scheduled for the Tuesday through Saturday before Memorial Day each year, five days prior to the NCAA Regionals. [1]

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Tournament

The Southern Conference Baseball Tournament is held annually. Beginning in 2009, the top eight teams (eleven teams sponsor baseball in the conference) participated in a two-bracketed double-elimination tournament. The previous format included ten teams participating in the tournament with the lowest four seeds (#7–#10) competing in a single elimination first round. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament while the other teams must rely on an at-large bid.

History

The Southern Conference first held a baseball tournament in 1950. [2] Maryland and Virginia Tech from the North division, and Clemson and Wake Forest from the South played the inaugural year in Greensboro, North Carolina, [3] with Wake Forest defeating Maryland for the title. In 1951, Clemson, Duke, Maryland, and West Virginia met, with Duke defeating Clemson in the final. [4] Duke repeated their title in 1952, over N.C. State, George Washington, and Richmond. [5] Duke, George Washington, Maryland, and North Carolina participated in 1953, with Duke again the winner. [6] [7]

The tournament was renewed in 1984 as a four-team tournament. The tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1997 to 2008, and again in 2010 and 2011.

Champions

By year

Year [8] ChampionSiteMVP [9]
1950 Wake Forest Greensboro, North Carolina
1951 Duke Greensboro, North CarolinaBob Davis, Duke
1952 Duke Devereux Meadow • Raleigh, North Carolina Red Smith, Duke
1953 Duke Devereux Meadow • Raleigh, North Carolina
1984 Appalachian State Hennon StadiumCullowhee, North Carolina Rusty Weaver, Appalachian State
1985 Western Carolina Boone, North Carolina Mike Carson, Western Carolina
1986 Western Carolina Hennon Stadium • Cullowhee, North CarolinaDavid Hyatt, Western Carolina
1987 Western Carolina Asheville, North Carolina Clint Fairey, Western Carolina
1988 Western Carolina Asheville, North Carolina Keith LeClair, Western Carolina
1989 Western Carolina Asheville, North Carolina Paul Menhart, Western Carolina
1990 The Citadel College ParkCharleston, South Carolina Billy Baker, The Citadel
1991 Furman College Park • Charleston, South CarolinaBrent Williams, Furman
1992 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, South CarolinaJoey Cox, Western Carolina
1993 Western Carolina College Park • Charleston, South CarolinaPhillip Grundy, Western Carolina
1994 The Citadel College Park • Charleston, South CarolinaJermaine Shuler, The Citadel
1995 The Citadel College Park • Charleston, South CarolinaDonald Morillo, The Citadel
1996 Georgia Southern College Park • Charleston, South CarolinaMark Hamlin, Georgia Southern
1997 Western Carolina Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaJ. P. Burwell, Western Carolina
1998 The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaBrian Rogers, The Citadel
1999 The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaRodney Hancock, The Citadel
2000 Georgia Southern Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaMatt Easterday, Georgia Southern
2001 The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaRandy Corn, The Citadel
2002 Georgia Southern Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaBrett Lewis, Georgia Southern
2003 Western Carolina Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaBrian Sigmon, Western Carolina
2004 The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaJonathan Ellis, The Citadel
2005 Furman Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaNick Hollstegge, Furman
2006 College of Charleston Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaNick Chigges & Jess Easterling, College of Charleston
2007 Wofford Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaBrandon Waring, Wofford
2008 Elon Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaCory Harrilchak, Elon
2009 Georgia Southern Fluor FieldGreenville, South Carolina Kyle Blackburn, Georgia Southern
2010 The Citadel Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaJustin Mackert, The Citadel
2011 Georgia Southern Riley Park • Charleston, South Carolina Chris Beck, Georgia Southern
2012 Samford Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaJosh Martin, Samford
2013 Elon Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaJoe Jackson, The Citadel
2014 Georgia Southern Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaJason Richman, Georgia Southern
2015 Mercer Riley Park • Charleston, South CarolinaEric Nyquist, Mercer
2016 Western Carolina Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaMatt Smith, Western Carolina
2017 UNC Greensboro Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaTripp Shelton, UNC Greensboro
2018 Samford Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaBrooks Carlson, Samford
2019 Mercer Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaTrevor Austin, Mercer
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Samford Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaTowns King, Samford
2022 UNC Greensboro Fluor Field • Greenville, South Carolina
2023 Samford Fluor Field • Greenville, South CarolinaHeath Clevenger, Samford

By school

SchoolTournament TitlesYears
Western Carolina101985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1997, 2003, 2016
The Citadel81990, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010
Georgia Southern61996, 2000, 2002, 2009, 2011, 2014
Samford42012, 2018, 2021, 2023
Duke31951, 1952, 1953
UNC Greensboro22017, 2022
Mercer22015, 2019
Elon22008, 2013
Furman21991, 2005
Wake Forest11950
Appalachian State11984
College of Charleston [lower-alpha 1] 12006
Wofford12007
  1. Now athletically branded as Charleston.

Composite Records

Current schools only, 1984 through 2015 [10] [11]

TeamWinsLossesPct.
The Citadel 7237.661
East Tennessee State 1434.286
Furman 3941.488
Mercer 401.000
Samford 148.636
UNC Greensboro 1927.413
VMI 1429.326
Western Carolina 6748.583
Wofford 1210.545

See also

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