The 1988 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from April 21 through 23 at Taylor Field on the campus of Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. 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 1988 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Campbell won the championship for the first time.[2]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Campbell (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Mike Caldwell (1st title) |
| MVP | Rob Palentchar (Campbell) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina † | 15 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 35 | – | 12 | .745 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Baptist | 12 | – | 7 | .632 | 27 | – | 16 | .628 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Campbell ‡ | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 32 | – | 16 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 22 | – | 15 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Augusta State | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 16 | – | 27 | .372 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | 13 | – | 26 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 9 | – | 32 | .220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1988[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Format
editThe top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament.[2]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina | 15 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 1 |
| Baptist | 12 | 7 | .632 | 5 | 2 |
| Campbell | 10 | 8 | .556 | 6.5 | 3 |
| Winthrop | 8 | 8 | .500 | 7.5 | 4 |
| Augusta State | 8 | 10 | .444 | 8.5 | — |
| Radford | 4 | 10 | .286 | 10.5 | — |
| UNC Asheville | 1 | 15 | .063 | 15.5 | — |
Bracket and results
edit| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Winthrop | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Campbell | 610 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Campbell | 812 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Baptist | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Campbell | 17 | — | |||||||||||
| 2 | Baptist | 0 | — | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Winthrop | 5 | 2 | Baptist | 8 | |||||||||
| 2 | Baptist | 6 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
edit| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Ricky Berrier | Campbell |
| Hardy Ferguson | Charleston Southern |
| Kevin Futrell | Charleston Southern |
| Randy Hood | Campbell |
| Robbie Jordan | Coastal Carolina |
| Danny Murphy | Campbell |
| Bob Palentchar | Campbell |
| Cory Satterfield | Campbell |
| Randy Stokes | Coastal Carolina |
| Greg Streett | Coastal Carolina |
| Robert Tucker | Winthrop |
| Dan Wolfe | Charleston Southern |
Most Valuable Player
editRob Palentchar was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Palentchar was a designated hitter for Campbell.[2]
References
edit- ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 4. Retrieved February 13, 2020.
- ^ a b c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved February 13, 2020.