2002 Big South Conference Tournament

The 2002 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held in Rock Hill, SC. #1 Coastal Carolina University defeated #4 Liberty University for the title. Adam Keim of Coastal Carolina was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Coastal Carolina University	16-5	Gary Gilmore
2	Elon University	13-8	Mike Kennedy
3	Charleston Southern University	12-9	Gary Murphy
4	Liberty University	11-9	Dave Pastors
5	High Point University	9-11	Sal Bando Jr.
6	Winthrop University	8-13	Joe Hudak
7	University of North Carolina at Asheville	7-14	Matt Myers
8	Radford University	7-14	Lew Kent

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Coastal Carolina	5
	8	Radford	3
						1	Coastal Carolina	14
						5	High Point	2
	4	Liberty	5
	5	High Point	14
											1	Coastal Carolina	4
											6	Winthrop	3
	2	Elon	10
	7	UNC Asheville	5
						2	Elon	5
						6	Winthrop	9
	3	Charleston Southern	1
	6	Winthrop	4																		1	Coastal Carolina	10
																					4	Liberty	1
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						2	Elon	3
	8	Radford	1			4	Liberty	12								6	Winthrop	2
	4	Liberty	4								4	Liberty	19			4	Liberty	8
											3	Charleston Southern	6
						5	High Point	1
	3	Charleston Southern	7			3	Charleston Southern	2
	7	UNC Asheville	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	High Point University	14-5	Liberty University
Game 2	Coastal Carolina University	5-3	Radford University
Game 3	Elon University	10-5	University of North Carolina at Asheville
Game 4	Winthrop University	4-1	Charleston Southern University
May 23
Game 5	Liberty University	4-1	Radford University	Radford eliminated
Game 6	Charleston Southern University	7-2	University of North Carolina at Asheville	UNC Asheville eliminated
Game 7	Coastal Carolina University	14-2	High Point University
Game 8	Winthrop University	9-5	Elon University
May 24
Game 9	Charleston Southern University	2-1	High Point University	High Point eliminated
Game 10	Liberty University	12-3	Elon University	Elon eliminated
Game 11	Coastal Carolina University	4-3	Winthrop University
May 25
Game 12	Liberty University	19-6	Charleston Southern University	Charleston Southern eliminated
Game 13	Liberty University	8-2	Winthrop University	Winthrop eliminated
May 26
Game 14	Coastal Carolina University	10-1	Liberty University	Coastal Carolina advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Adam Keim Coastal Carolina
• Brandon Powell Coastal Carolina
• Randy McGarvey, Jr. Coastal Carolina
• Ryan McGraw Coastal Carolina
• Seamus Donovan Coastal Carolina
• Matt Hagen Liberty
• Marcus Maringola Liberty
• Keith Butler Liberty
• Bennett Stapf Winthrop
• John Cavanaugh High Point
• Ben Thurmond Winthrop
• Grant Rembert UNC Asheville