2018 Southern Conference Tournament

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The 2018 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #2 Samford University defeated #5 Mercer University for the title. Brooks Carlson of Samford was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 18-3 Link Jarrett
2 Samford University 16-8 Casey Dunn
3 Wofford College 15-9 Todd Interdonato
4 Virginia Military Institute 12-12 Jonathan Hadra
5 Mercer University 11-13 Craig Gibson
6 East Tennessee State University 11-13 Joe Pennucci
7 Furman University 9-12 Brett Harker
8 The Citadel 8-16 Tony Skole
9 Western Carolina University 5-19 Bobby Moranda

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  Round 1   Round 2   Round 3     Finals
                                                 
  1 UNC Greensboro 2  
  9 Western Carolina 10    
      9 Western Carolina 0  
      5 Mercer 15    
  4 VMI 0          
  5 Mercer 19        
      5 Mercer 3    
      2 Samford 10      
  2 Samford 4              
  7 Furman 0                
      2 Samford 5          
      3 Wofford 2        
  3 Wofford 8          
  6 East Tennessee St. 7         2 Samford 14
      5 Mercer 4
       
  Losers Bracket 1     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3     Losers Bracket 4    
       
    3 Wofford 7        
  1 UNC Greensboro 11     1 UNC Greensboro 15         5 Mercer 10    
  4 VMI 7         1 UNC Greensboro 4     9 Western Carolina 2  
      9 Western Carolina 8    
    9 Western Carolina 11      
  7 Furman 2     6 East Tennessee St. 8    
  6 East Tennessee St. 5    


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 22
Game 1 Western Carolina University 6-5 The Citadel single elimination, Western Carolina advances
May 23
Game 2 Mercer University 19-0 (7) Virginia Military Institute
Game 3 Western Carolina University 10-2 University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 4 Samford University 4-0 Furman University
Game 5 Wofford College 8-7 (10) East Tennessee State University
May 24
Game 6 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 11-7 Virginia Military Institute VMI eliminated
Game 7 East Tennessee State University 5-2 Furman University Furman eliminated
Game 8 Mercer University 15-0 (7) Western Carolina University
Game 9 Samford University 5-2 Wofford College
May 25
Game 10 Western Carolina University 11-8 East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State eliminated
Game 11 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 15-7 Wofford College Wofford eliminated
May 26
Game 12 Samford University 10-3 Mercer University
Game 13 Western Carolina University 8-4 University of North Carolina at Greensboro UNC Greensboro eliminated
Game 14 Mercer University 10-2 Western Carolina University Western Carolina eliminated
Game 15 Samford University 14-4 (7) Mercer University Samford advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • SP Samuel Strickland Samford
  • SP Taylor Purus, Western Carolina
  • RP Wyatt Burns, Samford
  • C Anthony Mulrine, Samford
  • 1B Justin Sparks, Western Carolina
  • 2B Jackson Ware, Mercer
  • SS Cameron Blaquiere, Western Carolina
  • 3B Cade Gilbert, East Tennessee St.
  • OF Trey Truitt, Mercer
  • OF Andrew Moritz, UNC Greensboro
  • OF McClain Bradley, Wofford
  • DH Brooks Carlson, Samford