2016 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #2 Western Carolina University defeated #1 Mercer University for the title. Matt Smith of Western Carolina was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Mercer University	16-8	Craig Gibson
2	Western Carolina University	15-9	Bobby Moranda
3	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	15-9	Link Jarrett
4	Furman University	14-10	Ron Smith
5	East Tennessee State University	13-11	Tony Skole
6	Samford University	13-11	Casey Dunn
7	Wofford College	12-12	Todd Interdonato
8	The Citadel	6-18	Fred Jordan
9	Virginia Military Institute	4-20	Jonathan Hadra

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Mercer	13
	8	The Citadel	1
						1	Mercer	6
						4	Furman	1
	4	Furman	3
	5	East Tennessee St.	0
											1	Mercer	9
											2	Western Carolina	8
	2	Western Carolina	10
	7	Wofford	9
						2	Western Carolina	14
						6	Samford	4
	3	UNC Greensboro	5
	6	Samford	8																		1	Mercer	2	2
																					2	Western Carolina	4	3
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						6	Samford	12
	8	The Citadel	2			5	East Tennessee St.	11								2	Western Carolina	7
	5	East Tennessee St.	4								6	Samford	2			6	Samford	4
											4	Furman	0
						4	Furman	15
	3	UNC Greensboro	9			3	UNC Greensboro	10
	7	Wofford	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	The Citadel	3-2 (10)	Virginia Military Institute	single elimination, Citadel advances
May 25
Game 2	Furman University	3-0	East Tennessee State University
Game 3	Mercer University	13-1 (7)	The Citadel
Game 4	Western Carolina University	10-9	Wofford College
Game 5	Samford University	8-5	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
May 26
Game 6	East Tennessee State University	4-2	The Citadel	Citadel eliminated
Game 7	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	9-6	Wofford College	Wofford eliminated
Game 8	Mercer University	6-1	Furman University
Game 9	Western Carolina University	14-4	Samford University
May 27
Game 10	Samford University	12-11 (10)	East Tennessee State University	East Tennessee State eliminated
Game 11	Furman University	15-10	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
May 28
Game 12	Mercer University	9-8	Western Carolina University
Game 13	Samford University	2-0	Furman University	Furman eliminated
Game 14	Western Carolina University	7-4	Samford University	Samford eliminated
May 29
Game 15	Western Carolina University	4-2	Mercer University
Game 16	Western Carolina University	3-2	Mercer University	Western Carolina advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• SP Will Gaddis, Furman
• SP B.J. Nobles, Western Carolina
• RP Korey Anderson, Western Carolina
• C Jake Kusz, UNC Greensboro
• 1B Matt Smith, Western Carolina
• 2B Frankie Navarrete, Samford
• SS Matt Meeder, Mercer
• 3B Jake Crawford, Furman
• OF Trey Truitt, Mercer
• OF Heath Quinn, Samford
• OF Kramer Ferrell, Western Carolina
• DH Cesar Trejo, UNC Greensboro