2012_Southern_Conference_baseball_tournament

2012 Southern Conference baseball tournament

2012 Southern Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

The 2012 Southern Conference baseball tournament took place at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 23 through 27. The final game was televised on ESPN3

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The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams in the conference standings participated, leaving three UNC Greensboro, Wofford, and Davidson out.[2]

Samford went 4–0 to win the tournament, clinching the conference's automatic berth in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and the school's first ever Regional appearance. 2012 also marks the school's first baseball championship since joining the Southern Conference in 2008.

Seeding

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  • Appalachian State earned the tiebreaker over College of Charleston after winning the regular season series 8–6, 8–2, 3-8
  • The Citadel earned the tiebreaker over Furman after winning the regular season series 7–0, 3–1, 6-8

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
7The Citadel8*
2College of Charleston6
7The Citadel1
6Georgia Southern8
6Georgia Southern19
3Elon2
6Georgia Southern10-
3Elon7-
2College of Charleston12
3Elon147The Citadel3
3Elon7
6Georgia Southern6
8Furman5
4Samford9*
1Appalachian State7
1Appalachian State7
4Samford12
5Western Carolina0
4Samford7
4Samford12-
8Furman2-
8Furman9
5Western Carolina81Appalachian State4
8Furman13

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  • As tournament host, game order and times would have been adjusted to allow Furman to play the 5:00 pm game as long as it remained in the winner's bracket.
  • * denotes extra innings
  • The first-round game between Georgia Southern and Elon tied the Southern Conference Tournament record for largest margin of victory at 17.
  • The first round elimination game between Elon and College of Charleston broke the Southern Conference Tournament record with 39 combined hits (21 for Elon, 18 for College of Charleston).
  • The championship game was a rematch of the 2011 championship game where Georgia Southern defeated Samford 1–0.

All-Tournament Team

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Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Josh Martin
Samford

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References

  1. [1]
    "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
  2. [2]
    "2012 SoCon Baseball Championship". SoConSports.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
  3. [3]
    "2012 Southern Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Tenth-Inning Triple Propels Samford to First SoCon Title". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
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