2012 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2012 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #4 Samford University defeated #6 Georgia Southern University for the title. Josh Martin of Samford was named MVP.

Samford later vacated all wins in tournament and the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Appalachian State University	21-9	Chris Pollard
2	College of Charleston	21-9	Monte Lee
3	Elon University	20-10	Mike Kennedy
4	Samford University	19-11	Casey Dunn
5	Western Carolina University	16-14	Bobby Moranda
6	Georgia Southern University	15-15	Rodney Hennon
7	The Citadel	13-17	Fred Jordan
8	Furman University	13-17	Ron Smith

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Appalachian St.	7
	8	Furman	5
						1	Appalachian St.	7
						4	Samford*	12
	4	Samford*	7
	5	Western Carolina	0
											4	Samford*	12	x
										8	Furman	2	x
	8	Furman	9
	5	Western Carolina	8
						1	Appalachian St.	4
						8	Furman	13
																4	Samford*	9	x	x
																6	Georgia Southern	6	x	x
	2	Charleston	6
	7	The Citadel	8
						7	The Citadel	1
						6	Georgia Southern	8
	3	Elon	2
	6	Georgia Southern	19
											6	Georgia Southern	10	x
										3	Elon	7	x
	2	Charleston	12
	3	Elon	14
						7	The Citadel	3
						3	Elon	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	The Citadel	8-6 (11)	College of Charleston
Game 2	Georgia Southern University	19-2	Elon University
Game 3	Appalachian State University	7-5	Furman University
Game 4	Samford University	7-0*	Western Carolina University
May 24
Game 5	Elon University	14-12	College of Charleston	Charleston eliminated
Game 6	Furman University	9-8	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
Game 7	Georgia Southern University	8-1	The Citadel
Game 8	Samford University	12-7*	Appalachian State University
May 25
Game 9	Elon University	7-3	The Citadel	Citadel eliminated
Game 10	Furman University	13-4	Appalachian State University	Appalachian State eliminated
May 26
Game 11	Georgia Southern University	10-7	Elon University	Elon eliminated
Game 12	Samford University	12-2*	Furman University	Furman eliminated
May 27
Game 13	Samford University	9-6 (10)*	Georgia Southern University	Samford advances to NCAA tournament

* Samford vacated all wins and title.

All-Tournament Team

• SP Justin Hess, Georgia Southern
• SP Josh Martin, Samford
• RP C.K. Irby, Samford
• C Chase Griffin, Georgia Southern
• 1B Ryan Kinsella, Elon
• 2B Tyler Avera, Georgia Southern
• 2B Zeth Stone, Samford
• SS Austin Allison, Samford
• 3B Chris Ohmstede, Furman
• OF Taylor Johnson, Furman
• OF Phillip Ervin, Samford
• OF Brandon Miller, Samford
• DH Garren Palmer, Georgia Southern