2016 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 through May 29 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Western Carolina University won the tournament. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner earns the league's bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2015–16 academic year.[2]

2016 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams9
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
MVP,
2016 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Mercer   168 .667  3823 .623
Western Carolina  y 159 .625  3131 .500
UNC Greensboro   159 .625  3821 .644
Furman   1410 .583  2930 .492
Samford   1311 .542  3526 .574
East Tennessee State   1311 .542  2730 .474
Wofford   1212 .500  3028 .517
The Citadel   618 .250  1742 .288
VMI   420 .167  2135 .375
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament was originally held from 1950-53, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Western Carolina has claimed nine championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Furman is the only other school current school with multiple championships, winning two. East Tennessee State, UNC Greensboro, and VMI have never won a title, although East Tennessee State and VMI returned to the conference in 2015 after over ten years in other conferences. Defending champion Mercer claimed the conference championship in its first ever appearance.

The tournament will be played in Greenville, which has hosted three of the past seven events.[3]

Seeding and format

All nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The winner will play the top seed, as part of the double-elimination tournament.[4]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Mercer168.667
1
Western Carolina159.625
1
2
UNC Greensboro159.625
1
3
Furman1410.583
2
4
East Tennessee State1311.542
3
5
Samford1311.542
3
6
Wofford1212.500
4
7
The Citadel618.250
10
8
VMI420.167
12
9

Bracket

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 24
TeamR
#9 VMI2
#8 The Citadel3

Bracket

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
  1 Mercer 13  
  8 The Citadel 1    
      1 Mercer 6  
      4 Furman 1    
  4 Furman 3          
  5 East Tennessee State 0        
      1 Mercer 9            
      2 Western Carolina 8              
  3 UNC Greensboro 5              
  6 Samford 8                
      6 Samford 4          
      2 Western Carolina 14        
  2 Western Carolina 10          
  7 Wofford 9         1 Mercer 2 2
      2 Western Carolina 4 3
  Loser's Bracket      
  8 The Citadel 2        
  5 East Tennessee State 4     5 East Tennessee State 11        
    6 Samford 12          
      6 Samford 2        
  3 UNC Greensboro 9         4 Furman 0     6 Samford 4    
  7 Wofford 6     3 UNC Greensboro 10         2 Western Carolina 7  
    4 Furman 15  

References

  1. "Southern Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 Southern Conference Championship Schedule". soconsports.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. "2016 Baseball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. "2016 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
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