2024 Southern Conference Tournament

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The 2024 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held May 22-26 at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #5 Wofford College defeated #2 Samford University for the title. Zac Cowan of Wofford was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 15-6 Cody Ellis
2 Samford University 14-7 Tony David
3 East Tennessee State University 13-8 Joe Pennucci
4 Western Carolina University 13-8 Alan Beck
5 Wofford College 12-8 J.J. Edwards
6 Virginia Military Institute 7-14 Sam Roberts
7 Mercer University 6-14 Craig Gibson
8 The Citadel 3-18 Tony Skole

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 UNC Greensboro 2  
  4 Western Carolina 1     5 Wofford 5    
  5 Wofford 12         5 Wofford 1  
      2 Samford 10    
    2 Samford 9          
  3 East Tennessee St. 4     7 Mercer 7        
  7 Mercer 7         2 Samford 9 9
      5 Wofford 10 15
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  7 Mercer 10        
  4 Western Carolina 8         5 Wofford 13    
      7 Mercer 4     3 East Tennessee St. 10  
      3 East Tennessee St. 12  
  1 UNC Greensboro 7    
  3 East Tennessee St. 10  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 22
Game 1 Wofford College 8-3 The Citadel Citadel eliminated
Game 2 Mercer University 19-14 Virginia Military Institute VMI eliminated
May 23
Game 3 Wofford College 12-4 (7) Western Carolina University
Game 4 Mercer University 7-4 East Tennessee State University
May 24
Game 5 Wofford College 5-2 University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 6 Samford University 9-7 Mercer University
Game 7 East Tennessee State University 10-7 University of North Carolina at Greensboro UNC Greensboro eliminated
Game 8 Mercer University 10-8 Western Carolina University Western Carolina eliminated
May 25
Game 9 Samford University 10-1 Wofford College
Game 10 East Tennessee State University 12-4 Mercer University Mercer eliminated
Game 11 Wofford College 13-10 East Tennessee State University East Tennessee State eliminated
May 26
Game 12 Wofford College 10-9 Samford University
Game 13 Wofford College 15-9 Samford University advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • SP – Jace Hyde, ETSU
  • SP – Miller Riggins, Samford
  • SP – Zac Cowan, Wofford
  • RP – Daniel Thompson, UNCG
  • RP – Carson Lore, Samford
  • C – Lucas Steele, Samford
  • 1B – Ty Dalley, Mercer
  • 2B – Brice Martinez, Wofford
  • SS – Bradley Frye, Mercer
  • 3B – Garrett Staton, Samford
  • OF – Conner Todaro, Mercer
  • OF – Andrew Bennett, Samford
  • OF – Marshall Toole, Wofford
  • DH – Nick Iannantone, ETSU