1989 Sun Belt Conference Tournament

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The 1989 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held May 17 - 20 in Jacksonville, FL. Jacksonville University defeated University of South Alabama for the title. Rene Francisco of Jacksonville was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
East 1 Jacksonville University 10-6 Tom Bradley
East 2 Virginia Commonwealth University 8-7 Tony Guzzo
East 3 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 8-8 Gary Robinson
West 1 University of South Florida 13-5 Eddie Cardieri
West 2 University of South Alabama 11-7 Steve Kittrell
West 3 University of Alabama at Birmingham 7-11 Pete Rancont

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  W1 South Florida 3  
  E3 UNC Charlotte 13     E3 UNC Charlotte 14  
    W3 UAB 12    
  E1 Jacksonville 5         E3 UNC Charlotte 2            
  W3 UAB 0           E1 Jacksonville 7              
      E1 Jacksonville 8           E1 Jacksonville 5 10
      W2 South Alabama 3         W2 South Alabama 6 1
  E2 VCU 5         E3 UNC Charlotte 0    
  W2 South Alabama 6       W2 South Alabama 13     W2 South Alabama 6  
  W1 South Florida 9     W1 South Florida 3  
  E2 VCU 5  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 University of South Alabama 6-5 Virginia Commonwealth University
Game 2 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 13-3 University of South Florida
Game 3 Jacksonville University 5-0 University of Alabama at Birmingham
Game 4 University of South Florida 9-5 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia Commonwealth eliminated
Game 5 University of North Carolina at Charlotte 14-12 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama-Birmingham eliminated
Game 6 Jacksonville University 8-3 University of South Alabama
Game 7 University of South Alabama 13-3 University of South Florida South Florida eliminated
Game 8 Jacksonville University 7-2 University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Game 9 University of South Alabama 6-0 University of North Carolina at Charlotte UNC Charlotte eliminated
Game 10 University of South Alabama 6-5 Jacksonville University
Game 11 Jacksonville University 10-1 University of South Alabama Jacksonville advances to NCAA tournament
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