1998 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference Tournament

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The 1998 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference baseball tournament consisted of four best-of-3 series at the site of the higher seed held between April 19-21, followed by a 4 team double elimination tournament in Wilson, NC between April 24-26. #3 Mount Olive College defeated #8 Erskine College for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Coker College 17-4 Dave Schmotzer
2 Longwood College 16-5 Buddy Bolding
3 Mount Olive College 14-7 Carl Lancaster
4 St. Andrews Presbyterian College 10-11 Gary Swanson
5 Barton College 8-13 Roger May
6 Pfeiffer University 8-13 Marty Reed
7 Belmont Abbey College 6-15 George Connor
8 Erskine College 5-16 Dan Massarelli

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round   Second Round   Final
                             
  2 Longwood 3  
  3 Mount Olive 8    
      3 Mount Olive 5  
      5 Barton 4    
  5 Barton 5          
  8 Erskine 4        
      3 Mount Olive 12 x
        8 Erskine 0 x
       
    5 Barton 0    
  2 Longwood 2     8 Erskine 8  
  8 Erskine 5  


Game Results[edit]

Best of 3 Series[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 #8 Erskine College 7-5 #1 Coker College
Game 2 #8 Erskine College 4-3 #1 Coker College Erskine advances
Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 #2 Longwood College 6-4 #7 Belmont Abbey College
Game 2 #7 Belmont Abbey College 4-3 #2 Longwood College
Game 3 #2 Longwood College 4-3 #7 Belmont Abbey College Longwood advances
Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 #3 Mount Olive College 9-2 #6 Pfeiffer University
Game 2 #3 Mount Olive College 6-1 #6 Pfeiffer University
Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 #5 Barton College 7-4 #4 St. Andrews Presbyterian College
Game 2 #5 Barton College 6-2 #4 St. Andrews Presbyterian College Barton advances

Double elimination tournament[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 Mount Olive College 8-3 Longwood College
Game 2 Barton College 5-4 Erskine College
Game 3 Mount Olive College 5-4 Barton College
Game 4 Erskine College 5-2 Longwood College Longwood eliminated
Game 5 Erskine College 8-0 Barton College Barton eliminated
Game 6 Mount Olive College 12-0 Erskine College Mount Olive wins tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Mike Neill, Mount Olive
  • Brad Stoop, Mount Olive
  • Jonathan Morgan, Mount Olive
  • Joe Cruz, Mount Olive
  • Chris Nevitt, Mount Olive
  • Darrel Howery, Erskine
  • Joe Whitmer, Erskine
  • Brandon Coker, Erskine
  • Brad Small, Erskine
  • Jimmy Benton, Barton
  • Scott Shutts, Barton
  • Rod Hall, Barton
  • Fred Stoots, Longwood
  • Shawn Torian, Longwood