2015 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

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The 2015 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held at McNair Field in Forest City, NC. #5 Wingate University defeated #1 Catawba College for the title. Thomas Spitz of Wingate was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Catawba College 23-6 Jim Gantt
2 Newberry College 21-8 Russell Triplett
3 Tusculum College 18-11 Doug Jones
4 Lincoln Memorial University 15-12 Jeff Sziksai
5 Wingate University 15-15 Jeff Gregory
6 Anderson University 14-15 Joe Miller
7 Brevard College 13-16 Matt McCay
8 Carson-Newman University 12-18 Tom Griffin

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Catawba 12  
  6 Anderson (SC) 2     1 Catawba 9  
    4 Lincoln Memorial 7    
  2 Newberry 9         1 Catawba 10            
  5 Wingate 0           3 Tusculum 7              
      2 Newberry 7           1 Catawba 2 5
      3 Tusculum 11         5 Wingate 8 11
  3 Tusculum 4         3 Tusculum 8    
  4 Lincoln Memorial 3       2 Newberry 3     5 Wingate 12  
  6 Anderson (SC) 3     5 Wingate 5  
  5 Wingate 17  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
April 23
Game 1 Wingate University 17-9 Carson-Newman University Carson-Newman eliminated
Game 2 Anderson University 12-3 Brevard College Brevard eliminated
April 24
Game 3 Catawba College 12-2 Anderson University
Game 4 Newberry College 9-0 Wingate University
Game 5 Tusculum College 4-3 Lincoln Memorial University
April 25
Game 6 Wingate University 17-3 Anderson University Anderson eliminated
Game 7 Catawba College 9-7 Lincoln Memorial University Lincoln Memorial eliminated
Game 8 Tusculum College 11-7 Newberry College
April 26
Game 9 Wingate University 5-3 Newberry College Newberry eliminated
Game 10 Catawba College 10-7 Tusculum College
Game 11 Wingate University 12-8 Tusculum College Tusculum eliminated
April 27
Game 12 Wingate University 8-2 Catawba College
Game 13 Wingate University 11-5 Catawba College Wingate advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Thomas Spitz, Wingate
  • Shane Billings, Wingate
  • Bradley Brown, Wingate
  • Josh Clark, Wingate
  • Michael Godinez, Wingate
  • Brett Morgan, Wingate
  • Tyler Brown, Wingate
  • Will Albertson, Catawba
  • Luke Setzer, Catawba
  • Dylan Richardson, Catawba
  • Ryan McClintock, Catawba
  • Andrew Bowerman, Tusculum
  • Jeremiah Tullidge, Tusculum
  • Wesley Camp, Newberry
  • JoJo Bradley, Newberry