1998 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Southern Conference baseball standings
	† – Conference champion ; ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion; y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament ; As of June 30, 1998[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

1998 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park; Charleston, South Carolina;
Champions	The Citadel (4th title)
Winning coach	Fred Jordan (3rd title)
MVP	Brian Rogers, The Citadel
Attendance	22,644

The 1998 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from April 30 through May 3. Second seeded The Citadel won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Bulldogs fourth tournament win

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participated, so VMI and Appalachian State were not in the field. 1998 was the first season with UNC Greensboro and Wofford in the league, having joined the conference in the previous offseason.

Seeding

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
UNC Greensboro	22	5	.815	–	1
The Citadel	21	5	.808	.5	2
Western Carolina	20	6	.769	1.5	3
Furman	12	12	.500	8.5	4
Wofford	10	12	.455	9.5	5
Georgia Southern	9	15	.375	11.5	6
Davidson	8	16	.333	12.5	7
East Tennessee State	8	18	.308	13.5	8
VMI	7	17	.292	13.5
Appalachian State	6	17	.261	14

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Bracket

Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Round 4			Final

Winner's Bracket
4	Furman	11
5	Wofford	3
			1	UNC Greensboro	14
			4	Furman	2
1	UNC Greensboro	10
8	East Tennessee State	3
						1	UNC Greensboro	0
						2	The Citadel	9
3	Western Carolina	6
6	Georgia Southern	5
			3	Western Carolina	0
			2	The Citadel	5
2	The Citadel	11
7	Davidson	2										2	The Citadel	12
												1	UNC Greensboro	1
Loser's Bracket
5	Wofford	3
8	East Tennessee State	2	3	Western Carolina	9
			5	Wofford	4
						3	Western Carolina	2
6	Georgia Southern	6				4	Furman	1	1	UNC Greensboro	4
7	Davidson	3	4	Furman	6				3	Western Carolina	2
			6	Georgia Southern	5

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All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Brian Rogers	The Citadel
C	Jay Morgan	The Citadel
1B	Philip Hartig	The Citadel
2B	Dominic Pattie	UNC Greensboro
3B	Aaron Haigler	The Citadel
SS	Terrence Smalls	The Citadel
OF	Kevin Durham	The Citadel
OF	Eric Johnson	Western Carolina
OF	Kenny Vawter	UNC Greensboro
DH	Lance Surridge	UNC Greensboro

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Brian Rogers
The Citadel

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References

"College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 47. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved 2012-06-27.

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[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". Boyd's World. Retrieved May 2, 2015.

[2] 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 47. Retrieved 2012-06-27.

[3] 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved 2012-06-27.

[4] 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved 2012-06-27.