2023 Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament

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The 2022 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park in DeLand, FL. The tournament was a pool play format. Regular season champion Lipscomb University was given the #1 seed, while seeds 2-8 were based on NCAA RPI. The top 3 teams from Pool A, and the winner of Pool B advance to the semi-finals. #1 Lipscomb University defeated #2 Florida Gulf Coast University for the title. Alex Vergara of Lipscomb was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Lipscomb University 23-7 Jeff Forehand
2 Florida Gulf Coast University 20-10 Dave Tollett
3 Liberty University 16-14 Scott Jackson
4 Jacksonville University 17-13 Chris Hayes

Pool B[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
5 Stetson University 20-10 Steve Trimper
6 Eastern Kentucky University 15-15 Chris Prothro
7 Jacksonville State University 18-12 Jim Case
8 Austin Peay State University 15-15 Roland Fanning

Results[edit]

Finals Bracket[edit]

  Semifinals Finals
                 
2  Florida Gulf Coast 14  
7  Jacksonville St. 10  
  2  Florida Gulf Coast 6
  1  Lipscomb 12
1  Lipscomb 7
3  Liberty 3  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 23
Game 1 Liberty University 12-11 Lipscomb University
Game 2 Florida Gulf Coast University 7-0 Jacksonville University
Game 3 Stetson University 8-3 Eastern Kentucky University
May 24
Game 4 Jacksonville University 8-0 Liberty University
Game 5 Jacksonville State University 6-1 Stetson University
Game 6 Eastern Kentucky University 3-2 Austin Peay State University
May 25
Game 7 Florida Gulf Coast University 6-5 Lipscomb University
Game 8 Stetson University 12-3 Austin Peay State University
Game 9 Jacksonville State University 9-3 Eastern Kentucky University
May 26
Game 10 Lipscomb University 4-3 Jacksonville State University Lipscomb advances
Game 11 Florida Gulf Coast University 15-12 Liberty University Florida Gulf Coast wins Pool A with 3-0 record
Liberty advances
Game 12 Austin Peay State University 16-4 Jacksonville State University Jacksonville St. wins Pool B with 2-1 record
May 27
Semi-final 1 Florida Gulf Coast University 14-10 Jacksonville State University Jacksonville St. eliminated
Semi-final 2 Lipscomb University 7-3 Liberty University Liberty eliminated
May 28
Championship Lipscomb University 12-6 Florida Gulf Coast University Lipscomb advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Alex Vergara, Lipscomb
  • Austin Kelly, Lipscomb
  • Caleb Ketchup, Lipscomb
  • Mason Lundgrin, Lipscomb
  • Trace Willhoite, Lipscomb
  • Brian Ellis, FGCU
  • Alejandro Figueredo, FGCU
  • Trevor Kole, FGCU
  • LJ McDonough, FGCU
  • Derrick Jackson Jr., Jacksonville State
  • John Simmons, Liberty