2012 Big South Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2012
Conference:Big South Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium
City:High Point, NC
Titlecount:13th
Coach:Gary Gilmore
Coachcount:10th
Mvp:Aaron Burke/Ryan Connolly
Mvpteam:Coastal Carolina

The 2012 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the ten eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament which was held at George S. Erath Field at Coy O. Williard Baseball Stadium on the campus of High Point University in High Point, NC. was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded won their thirteenth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

Seeding

The top eight finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through eight.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
18 5 .783 1
15 9 .625 3.5 2
14 10 .583 4.5 3
12 12 .500 6.5 4
12 12 .500 6.5 5
12 12 .500 6.5 6
11 13 .458 7.5 7
11 13 .458 7.5 8
10 14 .417 8.5
9 14 .391 9.5
7 17 .292 11.5

All-Tournament Team

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

POSPlayerTeam
P Aaron Burke Coastal Carolina
P Ryan Connolly Coastal Carolina
P Patrick Eckelbarger Liberty
P Beau Hilton Gardner-Webb
DH Alex Buccilli Coastal Carolina
OF Daniel Bowman Coastal Carolina
OF Devin Bujnovsky High Point
OF Benji Jackson Gardner-Webb
INF Rich Witten Coastal Carolina
INF Alex Close Liberty
INF Ryan Retz High Point
INF Dusty Quattlebaum Gardner-Webb
C Trey Wimmer Liberty
UTL Spencer Angelis High Point

Most Valuable Player

Aaron Burke and Ryan Connolly were named co-Most Valuable Players. Burke and Connolly were both pitchers for Coastal Carolina.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2012 Big South Baseball Championship . bigsouthsports.com . 2012-05-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120529005326/http://www.bigsouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4800&ATCLID=205237794 . 2012-05-29 .
  2. Web site: Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship. May 26, 2012. April 14, 2013. Big South Conference.