2019 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Fayetteville Ballpark in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2019 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCampbell (5th title)
Winning coachJustin Haire (2nd title)
MVP,
TelevisionESPN3 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
ESPN+ (Thursday-Friday)
ESPNU (Championship)
2019 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Campbell ‍†‍‡‍y 19–7 .731  37–21 .638
Radford ‍‍‍ 19–8 .704  30–27 .526
Winthrop ‍‍‍ 18–9 .667  34–23 .596
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 16–11 .593  30–29 .508
High Point ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  27–27 .500
Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  25–26 .490
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 11–16 .407  23–36 .390
USC Upstate ‍‍‍ 9–17 .346  23–30 .434
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  16–36 .308
Longwood ‍‍‍ 5–22 .185  11–41 .212
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results

  Play–in games
                 
  6 High Point 2
  9 UNC Asheville 0
 
  7 Charleston Southern 6
  8 USC Upstate 1
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
    1 Campbell 20  
      7 Charleston Southern 7    
  2 Radford 313          
  7 Charleston Southern 8        
      1 Campbell 13            
      3 Winthrop 5              
  4 Presbyterian 2              
  5 Gardner–Webb 1                
      4 Presbyterian 5          
      3 Winthrop 12        
  3 Winthrop 4          
  6 High Point 1         1 Campbell 8 –
      3 Winthrop 6 –
  Loser's Bracket      
  5 Gardner–Webb 2        
  6 High Point 6     4 Presbyterian 4        
    6 High Point 15          
      6 High Point 6        
      2 Radford 4     6 High Point 2    
  2 Radford 8         3 Winthrop 6  
  7 Charleston Southern 1  

Conference championship

Big South Championship
(3) Winthrop Eagles vs. (1) Campbell Fighting Camels
May 25, 2019, 12:00 pm (EDT) at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina
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WP: Phil Simpson (2–2)   LP: Colten Rendon (3–3)   Sv: Tyson Messer (5)
Home runs:
WIN: None
CAMP: Luis Gimenez; Tyler Anshaw; Matthew Barefoot

References

  1. "Big South Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Big South Championship Schedule". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 3, 2018.
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