2003 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2003 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC. #1 Western Carolina University defeated #2 Georgia Southern University for the title. Brian Sigmon of Western Carolina was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Western Carolina University	22-8	Todd Raleigh
2	Georgia Southern University	19-10	Rodney Hennon
3	The Citadel	19-11	Fred Jordan
4	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	17-13	Mike Gaski
5	Furman University	17-13	Ron Smith
6	College of Charleston	17-13	John Pawlowski
7	Virginia Military Institute	16-14	Tom Slater
8	Davidson College	12-17	Dick Cooke

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Western Carolina	14
	8	Davidson	0
						1	Western Carolina	6
						5	Furman	0
	4	UNC Greensboro	2
	5	Furman	3
											1	Western Carolina	1
											2	Georgia Southern	0
	2	Georgia Southern	6
	7	VMI	4
						2	Georgia Southern	14
						6	Charleston	6
	3	The Citadel	2
	6	Charleston	8																		1	Western Carolina	4	6
																					2	Georgia Southern	8	5
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						6	Charleston	3
	8	Davidson	3			4	UNC Greensboro	4								2	Georgia Southern	4
	4	UNC Greensboro	7								4	UNC Greensboro	10			4	UNC Greensboro	1
											7	VMI	1
						5	Furman	1
	7	VMI	2			7	VMI	2
	3	The Citadel	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Furman University	3-2	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 2	Western Carolina University	14-0	Davidson College
Game 3	Georgia Southern University	6-4	Virginia Military Institute
Game 4	College of Charleston	8-2	The Citadel
May 22
Game 5	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	7-3	Davidson College	Davidson eliminated
Game 6	Virginia Military Institute	2-1	The Citadel	Citadel eliminated
May 23
Game 7	Western Carolina University	6-0	Furman University
Game 8	Georgia Southern University	14-6	College of Charleston
Game 9	Virginia Military Institute	2-1	Furman University	Furman eliminated
Game 10	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	4-3	College of Charleston	Charleston eliminated
May 24
Game 11	Western Carolina University	1-0	Georgia Southern University
Game 12	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	10-1	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
Game 13	Georgia Southern University	4-1	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
May 25
Game 14	Georgia Southern University	8-4	Western Carolina University
Game 15	Western Carolina University	6-5 (11)	Georgia Southern University	Western Carolina advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Ryan Basner, Western Carolina
• C A.J. Zickgraf, Georgia Southern
• 1B Jon Wade, VMI
• 2B Brandon Burnsed, Georgia Southern
• SS Lee Curtis, Charleston
• 3B Chris Davis, Western Carolina
• OF Brandon Long, Georgia Southern
• OF Ryan Gordon, UNCG
• OF Matt Nelson, Western Carolina
• DH Brian Sigmon, Western Carolina