2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament
The 2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 22 through 26 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eight time, and earned an invitation to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
Teams | 8 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Coastal Carolina (8th title) |
Winning coach | Gary Gilmore (5th title) |
MVP | Tommy Baldridge (Coastal Carolina) |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 24 Coastal Carolina †‡y | 17 | – | 4 | .810 | 50 | – | 13 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 15 | – | 6 | .714 | 33 | – | 27 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Liberty | 14 | – | 7 | .667 | 36 | – | 25 | .590 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
VMI | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | 34 | – | 21 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High Point | 10 | – | 11 | .476 | 27 | – | 30 | .474 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 9 | – | 12 | .429 | 22 | – | 38 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern | 7 | – | 14 | .333 | 22 | – | 34 | .393 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford | 2 | – | 19 | .095 | 10 | – | 36 | .217 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2007[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format
editAll eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.[2]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Coastal Carolina | 17 | 4 | .810 | — | 1 |
Winthrop | 15 | 6 | .714 | 2 | 2 |
Liberty | 14 | 7 | .667 | 3 | 3 |
VMI | 10 | 11 | .476 | 7 | 4 |
High Point | 10 | 11 | .476 | 7 | 5 |
UNC Asheville | 9 | 12 | .429 | 8 | 6 |
Charleston Southern | 7 | 14 | .333 | 10 | 7 |
Radford | 2 | 19 | .095 | 15 | 8 |
Bracket and results
editPlay-in round
editTeam | R |
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8 Radford | 3 |
5 High Point | 8 |
Team | R |
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7 Charleston Southern | 0 |
6 UNC Asheville | 3 |
Double-elimination rounds
editFirst round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
1 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | UNC Asheville | 3 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | VMI | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
3 | Liberty | 4 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
4 | VMI | 3 | 2 | Winthrop | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | Liberty | 1 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 6 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Winthrop | 4 | 3 | Liberty | 5 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Winthrop | 6 | 2 | Winthrop | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | High Point | 5 | 3 | Liberty | 12 | 3 | Liberty | 11 | ||||||||||||||||
6 | UNC Asheville | 9 | 6 | UNC Asheville | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | High Point | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editName | School |
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Tommy Baldridge | Coastal Carolina |
Tyler Bortnick | Coastal Carolina |
Phil Carey | Winthrop |
Bobby Gagg | Coastal Carolina |
Patrick Gaillard | Liberty |
P.K. Keller | Liberty |
Derek Martin | Coastal Carolina |
Nick McCully | Coastal Carolina |
Matt Rademacher | Coastal Carolina |
Jonathan Settle | Winthrop |
Michael Solbach | Liberty |
Dustin Umberger | Liberty |
Adam Vrable | Coastal Carolina |
Garrett Young | Liberty |
Most Valuable Player
editTommy Baldridge was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Baldridge was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina.[2]
References
edit- ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 3, 2020.