1996 Southern Conference Tournament

The 1996 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, SC. #1 Georgia Southern University defeated #4 The Citadel for the title. Mark Hamlin of Georgia Southern was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Georgia Southern University	17-3	Jack Stallings
2	Western Carolina University	17-7	Keith LeClair
3	Furman University	15-9	Ron Smith
4	The Citadel	13-10	Fred Jordan
5	Appalachian State University	12-10	Jim Morris
6	East Tennessee State University	11-12	Ken Campbell
7	Virginia Military Institute	7-16	Scott Gines
8	Davidson College	6-18	Dick Cooke

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Georgia Southern	8
	8	Davidson	2
						1	Georgia Southern	4
						4	The Citadel	3
	4	The Citadel	6
	5	Appalachian St.	2
											1	Georgia Southern	11
											7	VMI	2
	2	Western Carolina	3
	7	VMI	7
						7	VMI	4
						6	East Tennessee St.	2
	3	Furman	7
	6	East Tennessee St.	10																		1	Georgia Southern	7
																					4	The Citadel	1
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						6	East Tennessee St.	5
	8	Davidson	2			5	Appalachian St.	2								7	VMI	5
	5	Appalachian St.	5								6	East Tennessee St.	0			4	The Citadel	8
											4	The Citadel	11
						4	The Citadel	17
	2	Western Carolina	4			3	Furman	3
	3	Furman	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	East Tennessee State University	10-7	Furman University
Game 2	Virginia Military Institute	7-3	Western Carolina University
Game 3	Georgia Southern University	8-2	Davidson College
Game 4	The Citadel	6-2	Appalachian State University
Game 5	Furman University	7-4	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
Game 6	Appalachian State University	5-2	Davidson College	Davidson eliminated
Game 7	Virginia Military Institute	4-2	East Tennessee State University
Game 8	Georgia Southern University	4-3	The Citadel
Game 9	East Tennessee State University	5-2	Appalachian State University	Appalachian State eliminated
Game 10	The Citadel	17-3	Furman University	Furman eliminated
Game 11	Georgia Southern University	11-2	Virginia Military Institute
Game 12	The Citadel	11-0	East Tennessee State University	East Tennessee State eliminated
Game 13	The Citadel	8-5	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
Game 14	Georgia Southern University	7-1	The Citadel	Georgia Southern advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Clint Sauls, Georgia Southern
• C Steve Wilson, Georgia Southern
• 1B Nate Shepperson, VMI
• 2B Donnie Coe, Georgia Southern
• SS Terrence Smalls, Citadel
• 3B Bo Betchman, Citadel
• OF Jon Placko, Furman
• OF Mark Hamlin, Georgia Southern
• OF Antoine Moran, Georgia Southern
• DH Britt Phelps, East Tennessee St.