1986 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 1986 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 13 through 15, 1986, on the campus of Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Coastal Carolina won the championship.

1986 Big South Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Augusta State University Augusta, Georgia
Champions	Coastal Carolina (1st title)
Winning coach	Bobby Richardson (1st title)
MVP	Terry Spires (Coastal Carolina)

1986 Big South Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Campbell  x‍‍‍	14	–	3		.824			31	–	20		.608
Winthrop  ‍‍‍	11	–	4		.733			37	–	10		.787
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	6	–	11		.353			17	–	32		.347
Radford  ‍‍‍	1	–	14		.067			14	–	22		.389
West
Augusta State  x‍‍‍	12	–	6		.667			36	–	23		.610
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‡‍	9	–	9		.500			31	–	19		.620
Baptist  ‍‍‍	8	–	10		.444			32	–	19		.627
Armstrong State  ‍‍‍	7	–	11		.389			37	–	20		.649
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1986 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed East Campbell 14 3 .824 — 1E Winthrop 11 4 .733 2 2E UNC Asheville 6 11 .353 8 — Radford 1 14 .067 12 —

Team W L Pct. GB Seed West Augusta State 12 6 .667 — 1W Coastal Carolina 9 9 .500 3 2W Baptist 8 10 .444 4 — Armstrong State 7 11 .389 5 —

Bracket and results

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1E

Campbell

4

2W

Coastal Carolina

5

2W

Coastal Carolina

5

1W

Augusta State

0

1W

Augusta State

6

2E

Winthrop

5

2W

Coastal Carolina

20

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2E

Winthrop

2

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Lower round 1

Lower final

1W

Augusta State

2

1E

Campbell

4

2E

Winthrop

6

2E

Winthrop

6

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Neal Clatterbuck	Winthrop
Glenn Fortner	Coastal Carolina
Scott Goins	Winthrop
Trent Mercer	Augusta State
John Pilatich	Coastal Carolina
Donnie Poteet	Augusta State
Mike Prochaska	Coastal Carolina
Art Smith	Coastal Carolina
Terry Spires	Coastal Carolina
Tom Sutryk	Coastal Carolina
Kevin Thomas	Coastal Carolina
James White	Campbell

Most Valuable Player

Terry Spires was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Spires was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.