2009 Southern Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:	2009
Conference:	Southern Conference
Teams:	8
Format:	Double-elimination tournament
Ballpark:	Fluor Field at the West End
City:	Greenville, South Carolina
Titlecount:	4th
Coach:	Rodney Hennon
Coachcount:	3rd
Mvp:	Kyle Blackburn
Mvpteam:	Georgia Southern
Attendance:	17,820

The 2009 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 20 through 24. Second seeded won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Georgia Southern's fourth SoCon tournament win.

The tournament used a modified two bracket, double-elimination format. The teams that emerge from the loser's bracket on each side switch to the other bracket and play the team emerging from each winner's bracket, with the surviving teams playing a one-game final. Only the top eight teams participate, so Wofford, UNC Greensboro, and Davidson were not in the field.

Seeding

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
	23	4	0	.852	–	1
	20	8	0	.714	3.5	2
	20	10	0	.667	4.5	3
	19	10	0	.655	5	4
	17	13	0	.567	7.5	5
	15	13	0	.536	8.5	6
	11	16	0	.407	12	7
	10	20	0	.333	14.5	8
	9	21	0	.300	15.5
	7	21	0	.250	16.5
	7	22	0	.241	17.5

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Brackets

Final

Game summaries

Final

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
SP	Asher Wojciechowski	The Citadel
SP	Chris Maderos	Georgia Southern
RP	Thomas Girdwood	Elon
C	Richard Jones	The Citadel
1B	David Towarnicky	Appalachian State
2B	Marcus Rose	Furman
SS	Brent Greer	Western Carolina
3B	Chase Austin	Elon
OF	Sonny Meade	The Citadel
OF	Pat Irvine	Elon
OF	Ty Wright	Georgia Southern
DH	Kyle Blackburn	Georgia Southern

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Notes and References

1. Web site: 2009 Southern Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders . 2012-01-16.
2. Web site: 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Record Book. 2012-01-16.