2014 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2014 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20 through May 25 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The annual event determined the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. Georgia Southern won the tournament for the sixth time, earning the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This is the last of 18 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year.[2]

2014 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament

2014 SoCon Baseball Tournament
Teams	10
Format	two bracket Double-elimination tournament with championship game
Finals site	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park Charleston, SC
Champions	Georgia Southern (6th title)
Winning coach	Rodney Hennon (5th title)
MVP	Jason Richman, Georgia Southern

2014 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Western Carolina  ‍†‍‍	20	–	6		.769			37	–	18		.673
Davidson  ‍‍‍	17	–	8		.680			29	–	19		.604
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	12		.556			40	–	23		.635
Samford  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			35	–	25		.583
Wofford  ‍‍‍	12	–	14		.462			32	–	28		.533
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	12	–	14		.462			21	–	34		.382
Elon  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			27	–	26		.509
Furman  ‍‍‍	11	–	15		.423			26	–	32		.448
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			21	–	28		.429
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	8	–	18		.308			24	–	34		.414
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament was originally held from 1950-53, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Western Carolina has claimed nine championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Georgia Southern and Furman are the only other schools with multiple championships, winning five and two, respectively. Davidson and UNC Greensboro are the only current members to never win a title.

The tournament returned to Charleston for the first time since 2011 after spending the previous two seasons in Greenville, South Carolina. Charleston has hosted the event more than any other city.[3]

Seeding and format

All ten teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom four seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The remaining teams will then be divided into two brackets and play double-elimination tournaments. The winners of each bracket will play a single championship game.[4][5]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Western Carolina	20	6	.769	–	1
Davidson	17	8	.680	2.5	2
Samford	15	12	.556	5.5	3
Georgia Southern	15	12	.556	5.5	4
Appalachian State	12	14	.462	8	5
Wofford	12	14	.462	8	6
Elon	12	15	.444	8.5	7
Furman	11	15	.423	9	8
UNC Greensboro	8	16	.333	11	9
The Citadel	8	18	.308	12	10

Bracket

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 20

Team	R
#10 The Citadel	10
#7 Elon	7

Tuesday, May 20

Team	R
#9 UNC Greensboro	5
#8 Furman	6
Notes: 11 innings

Bracket One

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals
	1	Western Carolina	2
	8	Furman	3
						8	Furman	3
						5	Appalachian State	1
	4	Georgia Southern	2
	5	Appalachian State	3
											8	Furman	8	7
										4	Georgia Southern	11	10
	1	Western Carolina	4
	4	Georgia Southern	8
						4	Georgia Southern	2
						5	Appalachian State	1

Bracket Two

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals
	2	Davidson	9
	10	The Citadel	7
						2	Davidson	3
						3	Samford	7
	3	Samford	4
	6	Wofford	2
											3	Samford	12	–
										6	Wofford	3	–
	10	The Citadel	2
	6	Wofford	4
						2	Davidson	7
						6	Wofford	10

Final

Sunday, May 25

Team	R
Samford	3
Georgia Southern	4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Georgia Southern reliever Jason Richman, one of four Eagles selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Pos.	Name	Team
SP	Jeffrey Springs	Appalachian State
SP	Alex Ledford	Samford
RP	Jason Richman	Georgia Southern
C	Daniel Gerow	Davidson
1B	Caleb Bryson	Samford
2B	Ben Morgan	Georgia Southern
SS	Dalton Busby	Georgia Southern
3B	Michael Pierson	Appalachian State
OF	Jake Jones	Furman
OF	Aaron Mizell	Georgia Southern
OF	Heath Quinn	Samford
DH	Alex Abrams	Furman

References

1. "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
2. "2013-14 Southern Conference Championship Schedule". soconsports.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
3. "2014 Baseball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
4. Jeff Hartsell (February 19, 2013). "With CofC gone, SoCon to use SEC baseball tourney format in 2014". Post and Courier. Charleston, SC. Archived from the original on 2014-01-15. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
5. "2014 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved May 14, 2014.