1998 Big South Conference Tournament

The 1998 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held in Fort Mill, SC. #1 Liberty University defeated #2 Coastal Carolina University for the title. David Dalton of Liberty was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Liberty University	13-5	Dave Pastors
2	Coastal Carolina University	11-7	Gary Gilmore
3	University of North Carolina at Asheville	10-8	Bill Hiller
4	Winthrop University	10-8	Joe Hudak

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Liberty	8
	4	Winthrop	5
						1	Liberty	9
						2	Coastal Carolina	6
	2	Coastal Carolina	10
	3	UNC Asheville	4
											1	Liberty	3	3
											2	Coastal Carolina	7	2
						2	Coastal Carolina	5
	4	Winthrop	4			3	UNC Asheville	2
	3	UNC Asheville	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 8
Game 1	Coastal Carolina University	10-4	University of North Carolina at Asheville
Game 2	Liberty University	8-5	Winthrop University
May 9
Game 3	University of North Carolina at Asheville	5-4	Winthrop University	Winthrop eliminated
Game 4	Liberty University	9-6	Coastal Carolina University
Game 5	Coastal Carolina University	5-2	University of North Carolina at Asheville	UNC Asheville eliminated
May 10
Game 6	Coastal Carolina University	7-3	Liberty University
Game 7	Liberty University	3-2	Coastal Carolina University	Liberty advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• David Dalton Liberty
• Dorian Cameron Coastal Carolina
• Shawn Vinju Coastal Carolina
• Jeremy Samatas Coastal Carolina
• Troy Stortz UNC Asheville
• Kevin Schnall Coastal Carolina
• John Humay Coastal Carolina
• Steve Wright Liberty
• Bryan Byler Liberty
• Darryl Craig Winthrop
• Phil Kojack Liberty
• Benji Miller Liberty
• Rhett Johnson Coastal Carolina