2012 Big South Conference Tournament

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The 2012 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held in High Point, NC. #1 Coastal Carolina University defeated #3 Liberty University for the title. Ryan Connolly and Aaron Burke of Coastal Carolina were named c0-MVPs.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Coastal Carolina University 18-5 Gary Gilmore
2 Campbell University 15-9 Greg Goff
3 Liberty University 14-10 Jim Toman
4 Gardner-Webb University 12-12 Rusty Stroupe
5 Radford University 12-12 Joe Raccuia
6 University of North Carolina at Asheville 12-12 Tom Smith
7 High Point University 11-13 Craig Cozart
8 Charleston Southern University 11-13 Stuart Lake

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Re-ordered
Semifinals
Finals
                                           
1  Coastal Carolina 9  
8  Charleston Southern 8  
  1  Coastal Carolina 5  
  5  Radford 3  
4  Gardner-Webb 2
5  Radford 8  
  1  Coastal Carolina 4 x  
 
  7  High Point 3 x  
8  Charleston Southern 3  
4  Gardner-Webb 4  
  5  Radford 0
  4  Gardner-Webb 11  
  1  Coastal Carolina 4 x x
  3  Liberty 1 x x
2  Campbell 10  
7  High Point 4  
  2  Campbell 0
  3  Liberty 7  
3  Liberty 9
6  UNC Asheville 2  
  3  Liberty 4 x
 
  4  Gardner-Webb 3 x  
7  High Point 7  
6  UNC Asheville 1  
  2  Campbell 5
  7  High Point 9  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 22
Game 1 Radford University 8-2 Gardner-Webb University
Game 2 Coastal Carolina University 9-8 Charleston Southern University
Game 3 Liberty University 9-2 University of North Carolina at Asheville
Game 4 Campbell University 10-4 High Point University suspended, finished 5/23
May 23
Game 5 Gardner-Webb University 4-3 Charleston Southern University Charleston Southern eliminated
Game 6 High Point University 7-1 University of North Carolina at Asheville UNC Asheville eliminated
Game 7 Coastal Carolina University 5-3 Radford University
May 24
Game 8 Liberty University 7-0 Campbell University
Game 9 Gardner-Webb University 11-0 Radford University Radford eliminated
Game 10 High Point University 9-5 Campbell University Campbell eliminated
May 25
Game 11 Liberty University 4-3 Gardner-Webb University Gardner-Webb eliminated
Game 12 Coastal Carolina University 4-3 High Point University High Point eliminated
May 26
Game 13 Coastal Carolina University 4-1 Liberty University Coastal Carolina advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Ryan Connolly Coastal Carolina
  • Aaron Burke Coastal Carolina
  • Patrick Eckelbarger Liberty
  • Beau Hilton Gardner-Webb
  • Alex Buccilli Coastal Carolina
  • Daniel Bowman Coastal Carolina
  • Devin Bujnovsky High Point
  • Benji Jackson Gardner-Webb
  • Rich Witten Coastal Carolina
  • Alex Close Liberty
  • Ryan Retz High Point
  • Dusty Quattlebaum Gardner-Webb
  • Trey Wimmer Liberty
  • Spencer Angelis High Point