2012 Big South Conference baseball tournament

2012 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (13th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (10th title)
MVPAaron Burke/Ryan Connolly (Coastal Carolina)
2012 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 18 – 5 – 0   .783 38 – 17 – 0   .691
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 15 – 9 – 0   .625 40 – 16 – 0   .714
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 14 – 10 – 0   .583 39 – 18 – 0   .684
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 30 – 27 – 0   .526
Radford  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 29 – 26 – 1   .527
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 25 – 29 – 0   .463
High Point  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 26 – 29 – 0   .473
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13 – 0   .458 20 – 35 – 0   .364
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 10 – 14 – 0   .417 24 – 31 – 0   .436
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14 – 0   .391 17 – 35 – 0   .327
VMI  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17 – 0   .292 16 – 36 – 0   .308
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 22, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll


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. Presbyterian was not eligible for postseason play in any sport until the 2012–2013 academic year due to its transition to Division I. Top seeded Coastal Carolina won their thirteenth championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding

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

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 18 5 .783 – 1
Campbell 15 9 .625 3.5 2
Liberty 14 10 .583 4.5 3
Gardner–Webb 12 12 .500 6.5 4
Radford 12 12 .500 6.5 5
UNC Asheville 12 12 .500 6.5 6
High Point 11 13 .458 7.5 7
Charleston Southern 11 13 .458 7.5 8
Presbyterian 10 14 .417 8.5 –
Winthrop 9 14 .391 9.5 –
VMI 7 17 .292 11.5 –

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
5Radford8
4Gardner–Webb2
1Coastal Carolina5
5Radford3
8Charleston Southern8
1Coastal Carolina9
7High Point3
1Coastal Carolina4
4Gardner–Webb4
8Charleston Southern35Radford0
4Gardner–Webb11
3Liberty1
6UNC Asheville2
1Coastal Carolina4
3Liberty9
3Liberty7
2Campbell0
7High Point4
2Campbell10
4Gardner Webb3
3Liberty4
7High Point7
6UNC Asheville12Campbell2
7High Point9

[2][3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

POS Player Team
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.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Baseball standings". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
  2. ^ a b "2012 Big South Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  3. ^ a b c d "Coastal Carolina Wins Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2013.