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2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament

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2007 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (8th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (5th title)
MVPTommy Baldridge (Coastal Carolina)
2007 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 24 Coastal Carolina  ‍y 17 4   .810 50 13   .794
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 15 6   .714 33 27   .550
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 14 7   .667 36 25   .590
VMI  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 34 21   .618
High Point  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 27 30   .474
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 22 38   .367
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 7 14   .333 22 34   .393
Radford  ‍‍‍ 2 19   .095 10 36   .217
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 22 through 26 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eight time, and earned an invitation to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Format

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All eight teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 17 4 .810 1
Winthrop 15 6 .714 2 2
Liberty 14 7 .667 3 3
VMI 10 11 .476 7 4
High Point 10 11 .476 7 5
UNC Asheville 9 12 .429 8 6
Charleston Southern 7 14 .333 10 7
Radford 2 19 .095 15 8

Bracket and results

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Play-in round

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Team R
8 Radford 3
5 High Point 8
Team R
7 Charleston Southern 0
6 UNC Asheville 3

Double-elimination rounds

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina6
6UNC Asheville31Coastal Carolina4
4VMI2
3Liberty41Coastal Carolina13
4VMI32Winthrop3
3Liberty11Coastal Carolina6
2Winthrop43Liberty5
2Winthrop62Winthrop0
5High Point53Liberty123Liberty11
6UNC Asheville96UNC Asheville8
5High Point7

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
Tommy Baldridge Coastal Carolina
Tyler Bortnick Coastal Carolina
Phil Carey Winthrop
Bobby Gagg Coastal Carolina
Patrick Gaillard Liberty
P.K. Keller Liberty
Derek Martin Coastal Carolina
Nick McCully Coastal Carolina
Matt Rademacher Coastal Carolina
Jonathan Settle Winthrop
Michael Solbach Liberty
Dustin Umberger Liberty
Adam Vrable Coastal Carolina
Garrett Young Liberty

Most Valuable Player

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Tommy Baldridge was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Baldridge was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 3, 2020.