2019 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

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The 2019 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held at Smokies Stadium in Kodak, TN. #3 Catawba College defeated #1 Newberry College for the title. Hunter Shepherd of Catawba was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Newberry College 21-3 Russell Triplett
2 Lincoln Memorial University 18-6 Jeff Sziksai
3 Catawba College 17-7 Jim Gantt
4 Tusculum University 17-7 Brandon Steele
5 Wingate University 14-10 Jeff Gregory
6 Carson-Newman University 12-11 Tom Griffin
7 Anderson University 8-16 Joe Miller
8 Coker College 7-17 Luke Harrigan

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Newberry 4  
  7 Anderson (SC) 2     1 Newberry 10  
    4 Tusculum 6    
  2 Lincoln Memorial 6         1 Newberry 0            
  5 Wingate 0           3 Catawba 2              
      2 Lincoln Memorial 0           3 Catawba 3 x
      3 Catawba 8         1 Newberry 2 x
  3 Catawba 5         1 Newberry 6    
  4 Tusculum 4       2 Lincoln Memorial 2     5 Wingate 5  
  7 Anderson (SC) 2     5 Wingate 10  
  5 Wingate 8  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
April 25
Game 1 Wingate University 3-1 Coker College Coker eliminated
Game 2 Anderson University 9-4 Carson-Newman University Carson-Newman eliminated
April 26
Game 3 Newberry College 4-2 Anderson University
Game 4 Lincoln Memorial University 6-0 Wingate University
Game 5 Catawba College 5-4 Tusculum University
April 27
Game 6 Wingate University 8-2 Anderson University Anderson eliminated
Game 7 Newberry College 10-6 Tusculum University Tusculum eliminated
Game 8 Catawba College 8-0 Lincoln Memorial University
April 28
Game 9 Catawba College 2-0 Newberry College
Game 10 Wingate University 10-2 Lincoln Memorial University Lincoln Memorial eliminated
Game 11 Newberry College 6-5 Wingate University Wingate eliminated
April 29
Game 12 Catawba College 3-2 Newberry College Catawba advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Hunter Shepherd, Catawba
  • Riley Myers, Catawba
  • Bryan Ketchie, Catawba
  • Peyton Williams, Catawba
  • Sawyer Strickland, Catawba
  • Jackson Raper, Catawba
  • Cameron Morrison, Catawba
  • Quinton Driggers, Newberry
  • Josh Bookbinder, Newberry
  • Colin Allman, Newberry
  • Danton Hyman, Newberry
  • David Nash, Wingate
  • Ricky Clark, Wingate
  • Ethan Elliott, Lincoln Memorial
  • Matt Mullenbach, Lincoln Memorial