1986 Big South Conference Tournament

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The 1986 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held in Augusta, GA. 1986 was the first year of Division I play for the Big South. USC Coastal Carolina defeated Winthrop College for the title. Terry Spires of Coastal Carolina was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
East 1 Campbell University 14-3 Cal Koonce
East 2 Winthrop College 12-5 Horace Turbeville
West 1 Augusta State University 12-6 Skip Fite
West 2 USC Coastal Carolina 9-9 Bobby Richardson

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  E1 Campbell 4  
  W2 Coastal Carolina 5    
      W2 Coastal Carolina 5  
      W1 Augusta St. 0    
  W1 Augusta St. 6          
  E2 Winthrop 5        
      W2 Coastal Carolina 20 x
        E2 Winthrop 2 x
       
    W1 Augusta St. 2    
  E1 Campbell 4     E2 Winthrop 6  
  E2 Winthrop 6  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 13
Game 1 USC Coastal Carolina 5-4 Campbell University
Game 2 Augusta State University 6-5 Winthrop College
May 14
Game 3 USC Coastal Carolina 5-0 Augusta State University
Game 4 Winthrop College 6-4 Campbell University Campbell eliminated
Game 5 Winthrop College 6-2 Augusta State University Augusta State eliminated
May 15
Game 6 USC Coastal Carolina 20-2 Winthrop College Coastal Carolina wins Big South title

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Terry Spires Coastal Carolina
  • Neal Clatterbuck Winthrop
  • Trent Mercer Augusta
  • Scott Goins Winthrop
  • Tom Sutryk Coastal Carolina
  • Donnie Poteet Augusta
  • Mike Prochaska Coastal Carolina
  • Art Smith Coastal Carolina
  • James White Campbell
  • John Pilatich Coastal Carolina
  • Glenn Fortner Coastal Carolina
  • Kevin Thomas Coastal Carolina