2017 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2017 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #3 University of North Carolina at Greensboro defeated #4 Furman University for the title. Tripp Shelton of UNC Greensboro was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Mercer University	17-6	Craig Gibson
2	Western Carolina University	15-8	Bobby Moranda
3	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	14-10	Link Jarrett
4	Furman University	14-10	Brett Harker
5	Wofford College	13-11	Todd Interdonato
6	Samford University	11-13	Casey Dunn
7	East Tennessee State University	9-15	Tony Skole
8	The Citadel	7-17	Fred Jordan
9	Virginia Military Institute	7-17	Jonathan Hadra

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Mercer	11
	9	VMI	6
						1	Mercer	1
						4	Furman	6
	4	Furman	13
	5	Wofford	3
											4	Furman	8
											3	UNC Greensboro	12
	2	Western Carolina	6
	7	East Tennessee St.	8
						7	East Tennessee St.	4
						3	UNC Greensboro	6
	3	UNC Greensboro	6
	6	Samford	3																		3	UNC Greensboro	4	13
																					4	Furman	6	1
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						7	East Tennessee St.	12
	9	VMI	6			9	VMI	11								4	Furman	8
	5	Wofford	5								7	East Tennessee St.	16			7	East Tennessee St.	6
											6	Samford	6
						1	Mercer	4
	2	Western Carolina	1			6	Samford	5
	6	Samford	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	Virginia Military Institute	8-0	The Citadel	single elimination, VMI advances
May 24
Game 2	Furman University	13-3 (7)	Wofford College
Game 3	Mercer University	11-6	Virginia Military Institute
Game 4	East Tennessee State University	8-6	Western Carolina University
May 25
Game 5	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	6-3	Samford University
Game 6	Virginia Military Institute	6-5 (10)	Wofford College	Wofford eliminated
Game 7	Samford University	6-1	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
Game 8	Furman University	6-1	Mercer University
May 26
Game 9	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	6-4	East Tennessee State University
Game 10	Samford University	5-4	Mercer University	Mercer eliminated
Game 11	East Tennessee State University	12-11	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
May 27
Game 12	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	12-8	Furman University
Game 13	East Tennessee State University	16-6 (8)	Samford University	Samford eliminated
Game 14	Furman University	8-6	East Tennessee State University	East Tennessee State eliminated
May 28
Game 15	Furman University	6-4	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 16	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	13-1 (7)	Furman University	UNC Greensboro advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• SP Grant Schuermann, Furman
• SP Josh Winder, VMI
• RP Jack Maynard, UNC Greensboro
• C Cameron Whitehead, Furman
• 1B Michael Goss, UNC Greensboro
• 2B Troy Dixon, Samford
• SS Tripp Shelton, UNC Greensboro
• 3B Caleb Webster, UNC Greensboro
• OF Aaron Maher, East Tennessee St.
• OF Sky Overton, Furman
• OF Ben Spitznagel, UNC Greensboro
• DH Ayrton Schafer, Samford