1991 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 1991 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 11 through 16 at Charles Watson Stadium home field of Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the second time and received an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

1991 Big South Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Charles Watson Stadium Conway, South Carolina
Champions	Coastal Carolina (2nd title)
Winning coach	John Vrooman (2nd title)
MVP	Buddy Cribb (Coastal Carolina)

1991 Big South Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y	15	–	5	–	0		.750			36	–	29	–	0		.554
Augusta State  ‍‍‍	13	–	5	–	0		.722			27	–	30	–	0		.474
Davidson  ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0		.556			23	–	29	–	0		.442
Winthrop  ‍‍‍	10	–	8	–	0		.556			22	–	22	–	0		.500
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	7	–	8	–	0		.467			19	–	29	–	0		.396
Radford  ‍‍‍	8	–	11	–	0		.421			19	–	33	–	4		.375
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍	5	–	14	–	0		.263			17	–	30	–	0		.362
Campbell  ‍‍‍	5	–	14	–	0		.263			11	–	40	–	1		.221
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1991 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams played a double-elimination bracket.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Coastal Carolina	15	5	.750	—	1
Augusta State	13	5	.722	1	2
Winthrop	10	8	.556	4	3
Davidson	10	8	.556	4	4
Radford	8	11	.421	6.5	5
UNC Asheville	7	8	.467	5.5	6
Charleston Southern	5	14	.263	9.5	7
Campbell	5	14	.263	9.5	8

Bracket and results

	Round 1					Round 2					Quarterfinals										Final
	1	Coastal Carolina	7
	8	Campbell	3
						1	Coastal Carolina	2
						4	Davidson	6
	4	Davidson	6
	5	Radford	5
											4	Davidson	2
											6	UNC Asheville	5
	3	Winthrop	0
	6	UNC Asheville	5
						2	Augusta State	3
						6	UNC Asheville	6
	2	Augusta State	6
	7	Baptist	4																		6	UNC Asheville	3	1
																					1	Coastal Carolina	13	8
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
						2	Augusta State	3
	8	Campbell	4			5	Radford	0								4	Davidson	2
	5	Radford	5								2	Augusta State	1			1	Coastal Carolina	11
											1	Coastal Carolina	3
						1	Coastal Carolina	3
	2	Winthrop	13			2	Winthrop	2
	7	Baptist	3

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Note
May 11	1	(1) Coastal Carolina	7 – 3	(8) Campbell
	2	(4) Davidson	6 – 5	(5) Radford
	3	(2) Augusta State	6 – 4	(7) Baptist
	4	(6) UNC Asheville	5 – 0	(3) Winthrop
May 12	5	(4) Davidson	6 – 2	(1) Coastal Carolina
	6	(3) Winthrop	13 – 3	(7) Baptist	Baptist eliminated
	7	(5) Radford	5 – 4	(8) Campbell	Campbell eliminated
May 13	8	(6) UNC Asheville	6 – 3	(2) Augusta State
	9	(1) Coastal Carolina	2 – 1	(3) Winthrop	Winthrop eliminated
	10	(2) Augusta State	3 – 0	(5) Radford	Radford eliminated
	11	(6) UNC Asheville	5 – 2	(4) Davidson
May 14	13	(1) Coastal Carolina	3 –1	(2) Augusta State	Augusta State eliminated
	14	(1) Coastal Carolina	11 – 2	(4) Davidson	Davidson eliminated
May 15	16	(1) Coastal Carolina	13 – 3	(6) UNC Asheville
	17	(1) Coastal Carolina	8 – 1	(6) UNC Asheville	Coastal Carolina wins Big South Tournament

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Chris Hodge	Augusta State
Rob Jackson	Augusta State
Mo Montenegro	Augusta State
J.C. Hendrix	Campbell
Buddy Cribb	Coastal Carolina
Chris Hanrahan	Coastal Carolina
Chris Missler	Coastal Carolina
Pearce Taylor	Coastal Carolina
Rick Bender	Davidson
Ralph Isernia	Davidson
Dave Williams	Davidson
Donnie Just	Radford
Marc Rosenbalm	UNC Asheville
Donald Gilbert	Winthrop
Tim Sherif	Winthrop
Erik Violette	Winthrop

Most Valuable Player

Buddy Cribb was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Cribb was a first baseman for Coastal Carolina.