2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2007 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 20 through May 24. Ninth seeded Wofford won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Terrier's first SoCon tournament win.

2007 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	10
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park Charleston, South Carolina
Champions	Wofford (1st title)
MVP	Brandon Waring, Wofford
Attendance	31,298[1]

2007 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Western Carolina  ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	7		.741			42	–	20		.677
College of Charleston † ‍‍‍	20	–	7		.741			39	–	19		.672
Elon  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			32	–	29		.525
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			33	–	26		.559
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			30	–	30		.500
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			34	–	28		.548
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			34	–	27		.557
Furman  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			19	–	36		.345
Wofford  ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	19		.296			30	–	33		.476
Davidson  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			19	–	34		.358
† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2007[2]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

All ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, double-elimination tournament.

Seeding

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
College of Charleston	20	7	.704	–	1
Western Carolina	20	7	.667	–	2
Elon	15	12	.630	5	3
Appalachian State	14	13	.593	6	4
UNC Greensboro	14	13	.556	6	5
Georgia Southern	13	14	.519	7	6
The Citadel	12	15	.519	8	7
Furman	11	16	.444	9	8
Wofford	8	19	.222	12	9
Davidson	8	19	.148	12	10

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Results

[4]Pairings
[5]Results

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 20

Team	R
#9 Wofford	5
#8 Furman	3
Notes: Furman eliminated

Tuesday, May 20

Team	R
#10 Davidson	0
#7 The Citadel	7
Notes: Davidson eliminated

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Semifinals					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
	5	UNC Greensboro	9
	4	Appalachian State
						3	Elon	5
						7	The Citadel	6
	9	Wofford	19
	1	College of Charleston	6
											7	The Citadel	2
											9	Wofford	6
	7	The Citadel	7
	2	Western Carolina	2
						5	UNC Greensboro	5
						9	Wofford	12
	6	Georgia Southern	7
	3	Elon	14																		9	Wofford	4
																					7	The Citadel	2
	Loser's Bracket
	1	College of Charleston	10
	4	Appalachian State	11			3	Elon	9
						4	Appalachian State	5
											3	Elon	11
	6	Georgia Southern	6								5	UNC Greensboro	9			7	The Citadel	5
	2	Western Carolina	5			5	UNC Greensboro	8								3	Elon	2
						6	Georgia Southern	6

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Ben Austin	Wofford
C	Richard Jones	The Citadel
1B	Zach Brown	The Citadel
2B	Eric Strukie	Wofford
SS	Mike Gilmartin	Wofford
3B	Brandon Waring	Wofford
OF	Pat Irvine	Elon
OF	Sean Snell	UNC Greensboro
OF	Chris Swauger	The Citadel
DH	Andrew Franco	Appalachian State

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Brandon Waring

Wofford

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References

1. "Southern Conference Baseball Tournament Sites Selected". CitadelSports.com. June 1, 2007. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
2. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2007". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
3. "2010 Southern Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-24.
4. "2007 SoCon Baseball Tournament Pairings Set". SoConSports.com. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
5. "2010 Southern Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-24.
6. "2010 Southern Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-24.