2015 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2015 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 19 through May 24 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner earns the league's bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year.[2]

2015 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	9
Format	two bracket Double-elimination tournament with championship game
Finals site	Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park Charleston, SC
Champions	Mercer (1st title)
MVP	,

2015 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mercer  ‍‍‍	16	–	7		.696			31	–	21		.596
Samford  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			29	–	24		.547
Wofford  ‍‍‍	13	–	10		.565			36	–	20		.643
VMI  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			20	–	28		.417
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			23	–	25		.479
Furman  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			24	–	31		.436
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			21	–	28		.429
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	10	–	14		.417			25	–	28		.472
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			21	–	34		.382
‡ – Tournament champion As of May 16, 2015[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. Furman is the only other school current school with multiple championships, winning two. UNC Greensboro is the only current and returning member to never win a title. 2014 champion and six-time winner Georgia Southern, along with Elon (two titles), Appalachian State (1 title), and Davidson (no titles) departed the conference after the 2014 season. Mercer will make its first appearance in 2015, while East Tennessee State and VMI return to the league in 2015. Neither ETSU nor VMI won the event during their previous tenures in the league.

The tournament will be played in Charleston for the second year in a row 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 nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two 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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Mercer	16	7	.696	–	1
Samford	14	10	.583	2.5	2
Wofford	13	10	.565	3	3
VMI	12	12	.500	4.5	4
UNC Greensboro	12	12	.500	4.5	5
Furman	11	13	.458	5.5	6
Western Carolina	11	13	.458	5.5	7
The Citadel	10	14	.417	6.5	8
East Tennessee State	8	16	.333	8.5	9

Bracket

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 19

Team	R
#9 East Tennessee State	2
#8 The Citadel	8

Bracket One

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals
	1	Mercer	3
	8	The Citadel	2
						1	Mercer	19
						4	VMI	7
	4	VMI	6
	5	UNC Greensboro	5
											1	Mercer	8	–
										8	The Citadel	1	–
	8	The Citadel	8
	5	UNC Greensboro	4
						8	The Citadel	10
						4	VMI	5

Bracket Two

	First Round					Second Round					Semifinals
	2	Samford	8^10
	7	Western Carolina	7
						2	Samford	4
						3	Wofford	3
	3	Wofford	16
	6	Furman	7
											2	Samford	8	25
										3	Wofford	12	4
	7	Western Carolina	4
	6	Furman	12
						6	Furman	0
						3	Wofford	1

Final

Sunday, May 24

Team	R
#2 Samford	0
#1 Mercer	5

References

1. "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 13, 2015.
2. "2014-15 Southern Conference Championship Schedule". soconsports.com. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
3. "2015 Baseball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2014.
4. "2015 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved December 8, 2014.