2014 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2014 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20–24. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament theld at Winthrop Ballpark on the campus of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Campbell won their third tournament title, and first since returning to the league in 2012, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2014 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCampbell (3rd title)
Winning coachGreg Goff (1st title)
MVPRyan Thompson (Campbell)
2014 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Liberty x‍‍‍y 23–3–0 .88541–18–0 .695
Campbell ‍‍‡‍y 18–8–0 .69241–21–0 .661
High Point ‍‍‍ 18–8–0 .69233–22–0 .600
Radford ‍‍‍ 17–10–0 .63033–23–0 .589
VMI ‍‍‍ 11–16–0 .40725–23–0 .521
Longwood ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .33322–33–0 .400
South
Winthrop x‍‍‍ 14–13–0 .51927–33–0 .450
Coastal Carolina ‍‍‍ 13–13–0 .50024–33–0 .421
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 12–14–0 .46230–26–0 .536
Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 11–15–0 .42324–31–0 .436
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 9–18–0 .33319–34–1 .361
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 4–22–0 .15413–40–0 .245
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 1, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The division winners will be seeded one and two, and the next six finishers from the regular season, regardless of division, will be seeded three through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The teams will play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with the winners of each bracket facing off in a single elimination final.[4]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
North Division
Liberty233.885–1
Campbell188.69253
High Point189.6675.54
Radford1710.6306.55
VMI1116.40712.5–
Longwood918.33314.5–
South Division
Winthrop1413.519–2
Coastal Carolina1313.500.56
Charleston Southern1214.4621.57
Gardner–Webb1115.4232.58
Presbyterian918.3335–
UNC Asheville422.1549.5–

Results
First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Liberty 3
8 Gardner–Webb 0
1 Liberty 0
4 High Point 9
4 High Point 3
5 Radford 2
4 High Point 1 1
3 Campbell 3 2
8 Gardner–Webb 4
5 Radford 5
1 Liberty 4
5 Radford 3
3 Campbell 9
2 Winthrop 1
2 Winthrop 4
7 Charleston Southern 0
2 Winthrop 3
6 Coastal Carolina 2
3 Campbell 2
6 Coastal Carolina 9
2 Winthrop 6 –
1 Liberty 5 –
7 Charleston Southern 2
3 Campbell 6
6 Coastal Carolina 11
3 Campbell 15

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

PosNameSchool
INFConnor OwingsCoastal Carolina
INFElijah TrailCampbell
INFKyle BrandenburgHigh Point
INFDalton BrittLiberty
OFTJ OlesczukWinthrop
OFMatt NadolskiCampbell
OFBrady WilliamsonHigh Point
CSteven LeonardCampbell
PJosh StrongWinthrop
PRyan ThompsonCampbell
DHCody ManzellaHigh Point
UTLAshton PerrittLiberty

Most Valuable Player

Ryan Thompson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Thompson was a pitcher for Campbell.[3]

References
  1. "Baseball Standings" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  2. "2014 Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  3. "No. 3 Campbell Wins 2014 Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 25, 2014. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
  4. "2014 Big South Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2014.
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