2023 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2023 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held May 24-28 at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #1 Samford University defeated #3 Wofford College for the title. Pitcher Heath Clevenger of Samford was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Samford University	15-6	Tony David
2	Mercer University	13-8	Craig Gibson
3	Wofford College	12-9	Todd Interdonato
4	East Tennessee State University	10-11	Joe Pennucci
5	Virginia Military Institute	9-11	Sam Roberts
6	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	9-12	Billy Godwin
7	Western Carolina University	8-12	Alan Beck
8	The Citadel	7-14	Tony Skole

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Samford	2
	4	East Tennessee St.	12			4	East Tennessee St.	1
	8	The Citadel	0								1	Samford	6
											3	Wofford	7
						2	Mercer	14
	3	Wofford	6			3	Wofford	16
	6	UNC Greensboro	1													3	Wofford	2	2
																1	Samford	7	5
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	2	Mercer	8
	8	The Citadel	1								1	Samford	9
						2	Mercer	5			6	UNC Greensboro	5
						6	UNC Greensboro	9
	4	East Tennessee St.	2
	6	UNC Greensboro	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	The Citadel	5-2	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
Game 2	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	4-3	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
May 25
Game 3	East Tennessee State University	12-0 (7)	The Citadel
Game 4	Wofford College	6-1	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 5	Samford University	2-1	East Tennessee State University
Game 6	Wofford College	16-14	Mercer University
May 26
Game 7	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	4-2	East Tennessee State University	East Tennessee St. eliminated
Game 8	Mercer University	8-1	The Citadel	Citadel eliminated
Game 9	Wofford College	7-6	Samford University
Game 10	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	9-5	Mercer University	Mercer eliminated
May 27
Game 11	Samford University	9-5	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
Game 12	Samford University	7-2	Wofford College
Game 13	Samford University	5-2	Wofford College	Samford advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• SP – Heath Clevenger, Samford
• SP – Matthew Marchal, Wofford
• RP – Lucas Mahlstedt, Wofford
• C – Cameron Gill, Wofford
• 1B – Ty Dalley, Mercer
• 2B – Brice Martinez, Wofford
• SS – Jack Renwick, Wofford
• 3B – Jozsef Rohrbacher, Mercer
• OF – Treyson Hughes, Mercer
• OF – Josh Rodriguez, Samford
• OF – Marshall Toole, Wofford
• DH – Noah Webb, ETSU