2017 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

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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[edit]

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[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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