2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium
High Point, NC
Champions Coastal Carolina (13th title)
Winning coach Gary Gilmore (10th title)
MVP Aaron Burke/Ryan Connolly (Coastal Carolina)
Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2012 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Coastal Carolina y 18 5 0   .783     38 17 0   .691
Campbell 15 9 0   .625     40 16 0   .714
Liberty 14 10 0   .583     39 18 0   .684
Gardner–Webb 12 12 0   .500     30 27 0   .526
Radford 12 12 0   .500     29 26 1   .527
UNC Asheville 12 12 0   .500     25 29 0   .463
High Point 11 13 0   .458     26 29 0   .473
Charleston Southern 11 13 0   .458     20 35 0   .364
Presbyterian 10 14 0   .417     24 31 0   .436
Winthrop 9 14 0   .391     17 35 0   .327
VMI 7 17 0   .292     16 36 0   .308
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 22, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–26. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament which was held at George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium on the campus of High Point University in High Point, NC. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their thirteenth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 18 5 .783
1
Campbell 15 9 .625
3.5
2
Liberty 14 10 .583
4.5
3
Gardner–Webb 12 12 .500
6.5
4
Radford 12 12 .500
6.5
5
UNC Asheville 12 12 .500
6.5
6
High Point 11 13 .458
7.5
7
Charleston Southern 11 13 .458
7.5
8
Presbyterian 10 14 .417
8.5
Winthrop 9 14 .391
9.5
VMI 7 17 .292
11.5

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
5  Radford 8  
4  Gardner–Webb 2  
  1  Coastal Carolina 5  
  5  Radford 3  
8  Charleston Southern 8
1  Coastal Carolina 9  
  7  High Point 3    
  1  Coastal Carolina 4    
4  Gardner–Webb 4  
8  Charleston Southern 3  
  5  Radford 0
  4  Gardner–Webb 11  
  3  Liberty 1
  1  Coastal Carolina 4
6  UNC Asheville 2  
3  Liberty 9  
  3  Liberty 7
  2  Campbell 0  
7  High Point 4
2  Campbell 10  
  4  Gardner Webb 3  
  3  Liberty 4    
7  High Point 7  
6  UNC Asheville 1  
  2  Campbell 2
  7  High Point 9  

[2][3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS Player Team
P Aaron Burke Coastal Carolina
P Ryan Connolly Coastal Carolina
P Patrick Eckelbarger Liberty
P Beau Hilton Gardner-Webb
DH Alex Buccilli Coastal Carolina
OF Daniel Bowman Coastal Carolina
OF Devin Bujnovsky High Point
OF Benji Jackson Gardner-Webb
INF Rich Witten Coastal Carolina
INF Alex Close Liberty
INF Ryan Retz High Point
INF Dusty Quattlebaum Gardner-Webb
C Trey Wimmer Liberty
UTL Spencer Angelis High Point

Most Valuable Player

Aaron Burke and Ryan Connolly were named co-Most Valuable Players. Burke and Connolly were both pitchers for Coastal Carolina.[3]

References

  1. "Baseball standings". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "2012 Big South Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved 2012-05-04.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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