2014 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

2014 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2014
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Site	Winthrop Ballpark Rock Hill, SC
Champions	Campbell (3rd title)
Winning coach	Greg Goff (1st title)
MVP	Ryan Thompson (Campbell)
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2014 Big South Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North
Liberty ^x^y	23	–	3	–	0		.885			41	–	18	–	0		.695
Campbell ‡^y	18	–	8	–	0		.692			41	–	21	–	0		.661
High Point	18	–	8	–	0		.692			33	–	22	–	0		.600
Radford	17	–	10	–	0		.630			33	–	23	–	0		.589
VMI	11	–	16	–	0		.407			25	–	23	–	0		.521
Longwood	9	–	18	–	0		.333			22	–	33	–	0		.400
South
Winthrop ^x	14	–	13	–	0		.519			27	–	33	–	0		.450
Coastal Carolina	13	–	13	–	0		.500			24	–	33	–	0		.421
Charleston Southern	12	–	14	–	0		.462			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Gardner–Webb	11	–	15	–	0		.423			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Presbyterian	9	–	18	–	0		.333			19	–	34	–	1		.361
UNC Asheville	4	–	22	–	0		.154			13	–	40	–	0		.245
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 1, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
North Division
Liberty	23	3	.885	–	1
Campbell	18	8	.692	5	3
High Point	18	9	.667	5.5	4
Radford	17	10	.630	6.5	5
VMI	11	16	.407	12.5	–
Longwood	9	18	.333	14.5	–
South Division
Winthrop	14	13	.519	–	2
Coastal Carolina	13	13	.500	.5	6
Charleston Southern	12	14	.462	1.5	7
Gardner–Webb	11	15	.423	2.5	8
Presbyterian	9	18	.333	5	–
UNC Asheville	4	22	.154	9.5	–

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]

Pos	Name	School
INF	Connor Owings	Coastal Carolina
INF	Elijah Trail	Campbell
INF	Kyle Brandenburg	High Point
INF	Dalton Britt	Liberty
OF	TJ Olesczuk	Winthrop
OF	Matt Nadolski	Campbell
OF	Brady Williamson	High Point
C	Steven Leonard	Campbell
P	Josh Strong	Winthrop
P	Ryan Thompson	Campbell
DH	Cody Manzella	High Point
UTL	Ashton Perritt	Liberty

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.