1980 Southern States Conference Tournament

The 1980 Southern States Conference baseball tournament was held May 7-9 at Morgan Field in Hattiesburg, MS. North #2 University of Montevallo defeated North #1 Birmingham-Southern College for the title.

Montevallo, Birmingham-Southern, and Huntingdon all advanced to the District 27 tournament. William Carey advanced to the District 30 tournament.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
North 1	Birmingham-Southern College		Bill Meyer
North 2	University of Montevallo		Bob Riesener
South 1	William Carey College		John Stephenson
South 2	Huntingdon College		Roger Lambert

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

N1

Birmingham-Southern

8

S2

Huntingdon

6

N1

Birmingham-Southern

2

N2

Montevallo

3

S1

William Carey

3

N2

Montevallo

4

N2

Montevallo

6

x

N1

Birmingham-Southern

3

x

N1

Birmingham-Southern

16

S2

Huntingdon

1

S1

William Carey

4

S1

William Carey

2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 7
Game 1	Birmingham-Southern College	8-6	Huntingdon College
Game 2	University of Montevallo	4-3	William Carey College	suspended due to weather, finished 5/8
May 8
Game 3	William Carey College	2-1 (11)	Huntingdon College	Huntingdon eliminated
Game 4	University of Montevallo	3-2	Birmingham-Southern College
May 9
Game 5	Birmingham-Southern College	16-4	William Carey College	William Carey eliminated
Game 6	University of Montevallo	6-3	Birmingham-Southern College	Montevallo wins tournament