2009 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

The 2009 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held in Wingate, NC. #2 Catawba College defeated #1 Tusculum College for the title. Ryan Query of Catawba was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Tusculum College	18-4	Doug Jones
2	Catawba College	16-4	Jim Gantt
3	Mars Hill College	12-8	Dan Taylor
4	Wingate University	11-11	Allen Osborne
5	Newberry College	10-11	Bob Rikeman
6	Lenoir-Rhyne University	10-11	Paul Knight

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Tusculum	11
	6	Lenoir-Rhyne	8			1	Tusculum	4
						4	Wingate	0
	2	Catawba	13								1	Tusculum	9
	5	Newberry	4								2	Catawba	3
						2	Catawba	9													1	Tusculum	10	3
						3	Mars Hill	0													2	Catawba	11	4
	3	Mars Hill	6													2	Catawba	12
	4	Wingate	3								3	Mars Hill	8			5	Newberry	0
						6	Lenoir-Rhyne	7			5	Newberry	11
						5	Newberry	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 23
Game 1	Tusculum College	11-8	Lenoir-Rhyne University
Game 2	Catawba College	13-4	Newberry College
Game 3	Mars Hill College	6-3	Wingate University
April 24
Game 4	Newberry College	10-7	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Lenoir-Rhyne eliminated
Game 5	Tusculum College	4-0	Wingate University	Wingate eliminated
Game 6	Catawba College	9-0	Mars Hill College
April 25
Game 7	Tusculum College	9-3	Catawba College
Game 8	Newberry College	11-8	Mars Hill College	Mars Hill eliminated
Game 9	Catawba College	12-0	Newberry College	Newberry eliminated
April 26
Game 10	Catawba College	11-10	Tusculum College
Game 11	Catawba College	4-3	Tusculum College	Catawba advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Ryan Query, Catawba
• Craige Lyerly, Catawba
• Chris Ahearn, Catawba
• Trevor Mullins, Catawba
• Kevin McMillan, Catawba
• Tim Holmes, Catawba
• Cameron White, Catawba
• Blake Ketner. Catawba
• Max Keleher, Tusculum
• Nate Grabowski, Tusculum
• Jared Richmond, Tusculum
• Sean Cotten, Tusculum
• Jovan Rohena, Newberry
• Thomas Berryhill, Newberry
• Brian Williams, Mars Hill