2008 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

The 2008 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held in Hickory, NC. #3 Tusculum College defeated #1 Catawba College for the title. Maikol Gonzalez of Tusculum was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Catawba College	16-5	Jim Gantt
2	Carson-Newman College	14-6	Tom Griffin
3	Tusculum College	11-9	Doug Jones
4	Lenoir-Rhyne College	10-11	Paul Knight
5	Newberry College	9-12	Bob Rikeman
6	Wingate University	8-12	Allen Osborne

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Catawba	10
	6	Wingate	7			1	Catawba	10
						4	Lenoir-Rhyne	4
	2	Carson-Newman	6								1	Catawba	7
	5	Newberry	2								3	Tusculum	12
						2	Carson-Newman	1													3	Tusculum	4	x
						3	Tusculum	4													1	Catawba	2	x
	3	Tusculum	12													1	Catawba	14
	4	Lenoir-Rhyne	3								2	Carson-Newman	14			2	Carson-Newman	4
						6	Wingate	12			6	Wingate	9
						5	Newberry	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 17
Game 1	Carson-Newman College	6-2	Newberry College
Game 2	Catawba College	10-7	Wingate University
Game 3	Tusculum College	12-3	Lenoir-Rhyne College	Lenoir-Rhyne eliminated
April 18
Game 4	Wingate University	12-3	Newberry College	Newberry eliminated
Game 5	Catawba College	10-4	Lenoir-Rhyne College
Game 6	Tusculum College	4-1	Carson-Newman College
April 19
Game 7	Carson-Newman College	14-9	Wingate University	Wingate eliminated
Game 8	Tusculum College	12-7	Catawba College
April 20
Game 9	Catawba College	14-4	Carson-Newman College	Carson-Newman eliminated
Game 10	Tusculum College	4-2	Catawba College	Tusculum advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Maikol Gonzalez, Tusculum
• Rob Currie, Tusculum
• Eric Donahue, Tusculum
• Boo Morrow, Tusculum
• Paul Finger, Tusculum
• Sean Cotton, Tusculum
• Chad Baker, Catawba
• Ryan Query, Catawba
• Matt Kepley, Catawba
• Brett Hatley, Catawba
• Tim Smith, Catawba
• Nick Siega-Riz, Wingate
• Scott Kelly, Wingate
• Brett Hontz, Carson-Newman
• Casio Grider, Newberry