2017 ASUN Conference baseball tournament

2017 ASUN Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Gulf Coast (1st title)
Winning coachDave Tollett (1st title)
MVPMarc Coffers (=Florida Gulf Coast)
2017 ASUN Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Jacksonville  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 5   .762 36 – 24   .600
Stetson  ‍‍‍ 15 – 6   .714 27 – 29   .482
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‡‍y 13 – 8   .619 43 – 20   .683
North Florida  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9   .571 33 – 24   .579
Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 25 – 32   .439
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12   .429 28 – 28   .500
USC Upstate  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14   .333 24 – 31   .436
NJIT  ‍‍‍ 2 – 19   .095 9 – 40   .184
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2017[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2017 ASUN Conference baseball tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, from May 24 through 27. Third seeded Florida Gulf Coast won their first championship and claimed the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4][5][6]

This was the conference's first baseball tournament held under its current "ASUN" brand name, which was adopted at the start of the 2016–17 school year.[7]

Format and seeding

The 2017 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six conference members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Jacksonville 16 5 .762 — 1
Stetson 15 6 .714 1 2
Florida Gulf Coast 13 8 .619 3 3
North Florida 12 9 .571 4 4
Kennesaw State 10 11 .476 6 5
Lipscomb 9 12 .429 7 6
USC Upstate 7 14 .333 9 —
NJIT 2 19 .095 14 —

Bracket and results

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Jacksonville8
6Lipscomb21Jacksonville8
4North Florida5
2Stetson51Jacksonville8
5Kennesaw State105Kennesaw State4
3Florida Gulf Coast31Jacksonville23
5Kennesaw State63Florida Gulf Coast4410
3Florida Gulf Coast45Kennesaw State5
4North Florida06Lipscomb13Florida Gulf Coast6
6Lipscomb83Florida Gulf Coast3
2Stetson6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

Pos Name School
P Chris Gau Jacksonville
Kutter Crawford Florida Gulf Coast
C Mike Cassala Jacksonville
IF Austin Upshaw Kennesaw State
Grant Williams Kennesaw State
Scott Dubrule Jacksonville
Nick Rivera FGCU
OF Marc Coffers Florida Gulf Coast
Michael Gigliotti Lipscomb
Chris Lehane Jacksonville
UTIL Kenton Hering Florida Gulf Coast

Most Valuable PLayer

Marc Coffers was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Coffers was an outfielder for Florida Gulf Coast.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Atlantic Sun Conference". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016-17 Atlantic Sun Championship Calendar". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  3. ^ "2017 ASUN Baseball Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. ^ "2017 Baseball Championship Central". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "No. 3 FGCU Wins First ASUNBSB Championship in Extras". ASUN Conference. May 27, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  7. ^ "Conference Student-Athletes Unveil New ASUN Brand Identity" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. April 28, 2016.