2019 Southern Conference Tournament

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The 2019 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #4 Mercer University defeated #2 Wofford College for the title. Trevor Austin of Mercer was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Samford University 19-5 Casey Dunn
2 Wofford College 14-9 Todd Interdonato
3 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 14-10 Link Jarrett
4 Mercer University 14-10 Craig Gibson
5 Furman University 13-11 Brett Harker
6 East Tennessee State University 11-12 Joe Pennucci
7 Virginia Military Institute 9-15 Jonathan Hadra
8 Western Carolina University 8-16 Bobby Moranda
9 The Citadel 5-19 Tony Skole

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  Round 1   Round 2   Round 3     Finals
                                                 
  1 Samford 5  
  8 Western Carolina 4    
      1 Samford 11  
      4 Mercer 0    
  4 Mercer 11          
  5 Furman 2        
      1 Samford 2    
      2 Wofford 5      
  2 Wofford 12              
  7 VMI 7                
      2 Wofford 2          
      6 East Tennessee St. 1        
  3 UNC Greensboro 2          
  6 East Tennessee St. 4         2 Wofford 8 5
      4 Mercer 12 9
       
  Losers Bracket 1     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3     Losers Bracket 4    
       
    6 East Tennessee St. 7        
  8 Western Carolina 7     5 Furman 5         1 Samford 3    
  5 Furman 9         6 East Tennessee St. 7     4 Mercer 4  
      4 Mercer 11    
    4 Mercer 9      
  7 VMI 2     3 UNC Greensboro 5    
  3 UNC Greensboro 4    


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 21
Game 1 Western Carolina University 7-3 The Citadel single elimination, Western Carolina advances
May 22
Game 2 Samford University 5-4 (10) Western Carolina University
Game 3 Mercer University 11-2 Furman University
Game 4 East Tennessee State University 4-2 University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 5 Wofford College 12-7 Virginia Military Institute
May 23
Game 6 Furman University 9-7 Western Carolina University Western Carolina eliminated
Game 7 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 4-2 Virginia Military Institute VMI eliminated
Game 8 Samford University 11-0 Mercer University
Game 9 Wofford College 2-1 East Tennessee State University
May 24
Game 10 Mercer University 9-5 University of North Carolina at Greensboro UNC Greensboro eliminated
Game 11 East Tennessee State University 7-5 Furman University Furman eliminated
May 25
Game 12 Wofford College 5-2 Samford University
Game 13 Mercer University 11-7 East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State eliminated
Game 14 Mercer University 4-3 Samford University Samford eliminated
May 26
Game 15 Mercer University 12-8 Wofford College
Game 16 Mercer University 9-5 Wofford College Mercer advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • SP Jackson Kelley, Mercer
  • SP Jesse McCord, Samford
  • RP Reece Maniscalco, Wofford
  • C Alex Crotty, Mercer
  • 1B Sonny DiChiara, Samford
  • 2B Will Prater, Western Carolina
  • SS Branden Fryman, Samford
  • 3B Trevor Austin, Mercer
  • OF Collin Price, Mercer
  • OF Jordan Fucci, Samford
  • OF Mike Brown, Wofford
  • DH John Michael Boswell, Furman