2009 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2009 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 19 through 23 at McCormick Field, home field of UNC Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina. The top eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the tenth time, and earned an invitation to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2009 Big South Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	McCormick Field Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Coastal Carolina (10th title)
Winning coach	Gary Gilmore (7th title)
MVP	David Anderson (Coastal Carolina)

2009 Big South Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 30 Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y	21	–	5		.808			47	–	16		.746
Winthrop  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			35	–	25		.583
Liberty  ‍‍‍	17	–	9		.654			33	–	21		.611
Radford  ‍‍‍	16	–	9		.640			26	–	24		.520
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	25		.500
High Point  ‍‍‍	11	–	12		.478			21	–	32		.396
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍	10	–	15		.400			16	–	37		.302
VMI  ‍‍‍	10	–	15		.400			18	–	35		.340
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍	7	–	19		.269			13	–	38		.255
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	5	–	21		.192			9	–	42		.176
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2009 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top eight finishers from the round-robin regular season 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.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Coastal Carolina	21	5	.808	—	1
Winthrop	18	9	.667	3.5	2
Liberty	17	9	.654	4	3
Radford	16	9	.640	4.5	4
Gardner–Webb	13	14	.481	8.5	5
High Point	11	12	.478	8.5	6
Charleston Southern	10	15	.400	10.5	7
VMI	10	15	.400	10.5	8
Presbyterian	7	19	.269	14	—
UNC Asheville	5	21	.192	16	—

Bracket and results

Play-in round

Team	R
7 Charleston Southern	1
6 High Point	2

Team	R
8 VMI	13
5 Gardner–Webb	4

Double-elimination rounds

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
						1	Coastal Carolina	7
						4	Radford	11
	1	Coastal Carolina	9								4	Radford	3
	8	VMI	4								2	Winthrop	21			2	Winthrop	6
						8	VMI	4
																3	Liberty	1
						2	Winthrop	8
	3	Liberty	10
																					2	Winthrop	1
	4	Radford	3
						3	Liberty	20													1	Coastal Carolina	7
						6	High Point	10
	2	Winthrop	4								3	Liberty	0
	6	High Point	7								1	Coastal Carolina	7
						1	Coastal Carolina	8
						6	High Point	4

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
David Anderson	Coastal Carolina
Austin Fleet	Coastal Carolina
Alex Gregory	Radford
Bryn Henderson	Winthrop
Errol Hollinger	Liberty
P.J. Jimenez	Liberty
Robert Lake	Winthrop
Bill Manion	High Point
Nick McCully	Coastal Carolina
Rico Noel	Coastal Carolina
Eddie Rohan	Winthrop
Sean Sullivan	Winthrop
Eddie Tisdale	Winthrop
A.J. Yoder	VMI

Most Valuable Player

David Anderson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Anderson was a first baseman for Coastal Carolina.