2005 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2005 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC. #8 Furman University defeated #2 Georgia Southern University for the title. Nick Hollstegge of Furman was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	College of Charleston	27-3	John Pawlowski
2	Georgia Southern University	18-11	Rodney Hennon
3	Western Carolina University	18-12	Todd Raleigh
4	Elon University	18-12	Mike Kennedy
5	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	17-13	Mike Gaski
6	The Citadel	14-16	Fred Jordan
7	East Tennessee State University	13-16	Tony Skole
8	Furman University	13-16	Ron Smith

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Charleston	7
	8	Furman	9
						8	Furman	6
						4	Elon	3
	4	Elon	12
	5	UNC Greensboro	6
											8	Furman	4
											2	Georgia Southern	1
	2	Georgia Southern	7
	7	East Tennessee St.	3
						2	Georgia Southern	7
						3	Western Carolina	2
	3	Western Carolina	6
	6	The Citadel	1																		8	Furman	5
																					2	Georgia Southern	4
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						3	Western Carolina	4
	1	Charleston	8			1	Charleston	11								2	Georgia Southern	11
	5	UNC Greensboro	2								1	Charleston	9			1	Charleston	5
											6	The Citadel	7
						4	Elon	7
	7	East Tennessee St.	6			6	The Citadel	8
	6	The Citadel	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Elon University	12-6	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 2	Furman University	9-7	College of Charleston
Game 3	Georgia Southern University	7-3	East Tennessee State University
Game 4	Western Carolina University	6-1	The Citadel
May 26
Game 5	College of Charleston	8-2	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
Game 6	The Citadel	10-6	East Tennessee State University	East Tennessee State eliminated
Game 7	Furman University	6-3	Elon University
Game 8	Georgia Southern University	7-2	Western Carolina University
May 27
Game 9	The Citadel	8-7	Elon University	Elon eliminated
Game 10	College of Charleston	11-4	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
Game 11	Furman University	4-1	Georgia Southern University
Game 12	College of Charleston	9-7	The Citadel	Citadel eliminated
May 28
Game 13	Georgia Southern University	11-5	College of Charleston	Charleston eliminated
Game 14	Furman University	5-4	Georgia Southern University	Furman advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• P Nick Hollstegge, Furman
• C Flint Wipke, Georgia Southern
• 1B Case Cassedy, Furman
• 2B Chris Campbell, Charleston
• SS Matt Matulia, Citadel
• 3B Matthew Betsill, Furman
• OF Brett Gardner, Charleston
• OF James Payne, Georgia Southern
• OF Brent Stephens, Georgia Southern
• DH Sam McLain, Furman