2019 South Atlantic Conference Tournament

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

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

Bracket

	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

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

• 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