2017 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

The 2017 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN. #2 Lincoln Memorial University defeated #7 Carson-Newman University for the title. Timmy Wages of Lincoln Memorial was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Catawba College	19-5	Jim Gantt
2	Lincoln Memorial University	18-6	Jeff Sziksai
3	Newberry College	16-8	Russell Triplett
4	Mars Hill University	14-9	Aaron Rembert
5	Tusculum College	14-10	Doug Jones
6	Coker College	12-12	Luke Harrigan
7	Carson-Newman University	10-13	Tom Griffin
8	Wingate University	10-14	Jeff Gregory

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Catawba	11
	7	Carson-Newman	2			1	Catawba	11
						4	Mars Hill	1
	2	Lincoln Memorial	11								1	Catawba	6
	5	Tusculum	7								2	Lincoln Memorial	10
						2	Lincoln Memorial	13													2	Lincoln Memorial	9	x
						3	Newberry	0													7	Carson-Newman	4	x
	3	Newberry	7													1	Catawba	8
	4	Mars Hill	6								3	Newberry	5			7	Carson-Newman	13
						7	Carson-Newman	11			7	Carson-Newman	12
						5	Tusculum	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 27
Game 1	Tusculum College	7-4	Wingate University	Wingate eliminated
Game 2	Carson-Newman University	4-3	Coker College	Coker eliminated
April 28
Game 3	Catawba College	11-2	Carson-Newman University
Game 4	Lincoln Memorial University	11-7	Tusculum College
Game 5	Newberry College	7-6	Mars Hill University
April 29
Game 6	Carson-Newman University	11-5	Tusculum College	Tusculum eliminated
Game 7	Catawba College	11-1	Mars Hill University	Mars Hill eliminated
Game 8	Lincoln Memorial University	13-0	Newberry College
April 30
Game 9	Lincoln Memorial University	10-6	Catawba College
Game 10	Carson-Newman University	12-5	Newberry College	Newberry eliminated
Game 11	Carson-Newman University	13-8	Catawba College	Catawba eliminated
May 1
Game 12	Lincoln Memorial University	9-4	Carson-Newman University	advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Timmy Wages, Lincoln Memorial
• Logan Augustine, Lincoln Memorial
• Brandon Jean, Lincoln Memorial
• Ethan Elliott, Lincoln Memorial
• Chase Randolph, Lincoln Memorial
• Tyler Adams, Lincoln Memorial
• Muta Crusoe, Lincoln Memorial
• Ryan Addington, Carson-Newman
• Greg Jones, Carson-Newman
• Brett Langhorne, Carson-Newman
• Will Gardner, Carson-Newman
• Hunter Shepherd, Catawba
• Bryce Fowler, Catawba
• Jeff Sneed, Newberry
• Robert Westenrieder, Newberry