2005 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2005 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 25–28, 2005 at Charles Watson Stadium, home field of Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. The top six finishers participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Winthrop, won the title for the fourth time, and earned an invitation to the 2005 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2005 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWinthrop (4th title)
Winning coachJoe Hudak (2nd title)
MVPDaniel Carte, Winthrop
2005 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 25 Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‍y 21–3 .875  50–16 .758
Winthrop  ‍‍‡‍y 19–5 .792  44–22 .667
Birmingham–Southern  ‍‍‍ 18–6 .750  36–21 .632
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  36–19 .655
VMI  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  27–28 .491
Radford  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  15–40 .273
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  24–29 .453
High Point  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  19–36 .345
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 3–21 .125  11–42 .208
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2005[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top six finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage and played a double-elimination tournament.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina213.875—1
Winthrop195.79222
Birmingham–Southern186.75033
Liberty1410.58374
VMI1113.458105
Radford816.333136
Charleston Southern816.33313—
High Point618.25015—
UNC Asheville321.12518—

Bracket and results

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Coastal Carolina 9  
  6 Radford 1     1 Coastal Carolina 9  
    3 Birmingham–Southern 1    
  3 Birmingham–Southern 7         1 Coastal Carolina 4            
  4 Liberty 8           2 Winthrop 10              
      4 Liberty 2           2 Winthrop 3 13
      2 Winthrop 7         1 Coastal Carolina 4 7
  2 Winthrop 11         1 Coastal Carolina 2    
  5 VMI 1       4 Liberty 10     4 Liberty 1  
  6 Radford 8     6 Radford 4  
  5 VMI 7  

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Daniel CarteWinthrop
P.K. KellerLiberty
Kellen WohlfordRadford
Chris CarraraWinthrop
Michael DeJesusCoastal Carolina
Aaron VerrettCoastal Carolina
Mike CostanzoCoastal Carolina
Alan RobbinsWinthrop
Jeff BrownLiberty
Jacob DempseyWinthrop
Ryan PageLiberty
Heath RollinsWinthrop
Ricky ShefkaCoastal Carolina
Mike ValterCoastal Carolina

Most Valuable Player

Daniel Carte was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Carter was an outfielder for Winthrop.[2]

References

  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
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