2016 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

The 2016 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN. #3 Tusculum College defeated #1 Catawba College for the title. Will Albertson of Catawba and Creighton Wilke of Tusculum were named co-MVPs.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Catawba College	17-7	Jim Gantt
2	Carson-Newman University	14-10	Tom Griffin
3	Tusculum College	14-10	Doug Jones
4	Lincoln Memorial University	13-11	Jeff Sziksai
5	Newberry College	13-11	Russell Triplett
6	Wingate University	12-12	Jeff Gregory
7	Coker College	12-12	Dave Schmotzer
8	Lenoir-Rhyne University	12-12	Tom Fleenor

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Catawba	11
	6	Wingate	5			1	Catawba	9
						4	Lincoln Memorial	8
	2	Carson-Newman	3								1	Catawba	4
	5	Newberry	0								2	Carson-Newman	2
						2	Carson-Newman	10													1	Catawba	5
						3	Tusculum	2													3	Tusculum	6
	3	Tusculum	3													2	Carson-Newman	7
	4	Lincoln Memorial	0								3	Tusculum	9			3	Tusculum	9
						6	Wingate	14			6	Wingate	6
						5	Newberry	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 28
Game 1	Newberry College	5-0	Lenoir-Rhyne University	Lenoir-Rhyne eliminated
Game 2	Wingate University	10-5	Coker College	Coker eliminated
April 29
Game 3	Catawba College	11-5	Wingate University
Game 4	Carson-Newman University	3-0	Newberry College
Game 5	Tusculum College	3-0	Lincoln Memorial University
April 30
Game 6	Wingate University	14-10	Newberry College	Newberry eliminated
Game 7	Catawba College	9-8 (10)	Lincoln Memorial University	Lincoln Memorial eliminated
May 1
Game 8	Carson-Newman University	10-2	Tusculum College
Game 9	Catawba College	4-2	Carson-Newman University
Game 10	Tusculum College	9-6 (11)	Wingate University	Wingate eliminated
Game 11	Tusculum College	9-7	Carson-Newman University	Carson-Newman eliminated
May 2
Game 12	Tusculum College	6-5 (7)	Catawba College	Tusculum advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Connor Johnson, Catawba
• Bryan Blanton, Catawba
• Kyle Smith, Catawba
• Jake Kimble, Catawba
• Zach Almond, Catawba
• Dylan Richardson, Catawba
• Will Albertson, Catawba
• Creighton Wilke, Tusculum
• J.J. Wesley, Tusculum
• Nick Lacina, Tusculum
• Placido Torres, Tusculum
• Devan Watts, Tusculum
• Zach Slagle, Tusculum
• John Topoleski, Tusculum
• Cade Snapp, Carson-Newman
• Dustin Batson, Carson-Newman
• Shane Billings, Wingate
• Bradley Brown, Wingate