2018 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2018 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–26. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2018 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCampbell (4th title)
Winning coachJustin Haire (1st title)
MVP,
TelevisionBig South Network (Days 1, 3)
ESPN+ (Day 2)
ESPN3 (Day 4)
ESPNU (Championship)
2018 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Campbell  216 .778  3123 .574
High Point  198 .704  3221 .604
Liberty  1710 .630  2924 .547
Winthrop  1512 .556  2429 .453
Gardner–Webb  1413 .519  2925 .537
Radford  1413 .519  2430 .444
Charleston Southern  1017 .370  1934 .358
Longwood  918 .333  1736 .321
Presbyterian  819 .296  1539 .278
UNC Asheville  819 .296  1338 .255
Tournament champion
As of May 22, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Campbell 8  
8 Longwood 1  
  1 Campbell 8  
  5 Gardner-Webb 3  
4 Winthrop 5
5 Gardner Webb 7  
  1 Campbell 5 6  
  3 Liberty 10 4  
8 Longwood 4  
4 Winthrop 7  
  4 Winthrop 4
  5 Gardner-Webb 5  
  1 Campbell 7
  2 High Point 5
2 High Point 6 11  
7 Charleston Southern 5  
  2 High Point 6
  6 Radford 3  
3 Liberty 1
6 Radford 4  
  2 High Point 4 X
  5 Gardner-Webb 1 X  
7 Charleston Southern 2  
3 Liberty 4  
  3 Liberty 310
  6 Radford 2  

References

  1. "Big South Conference Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. "2017-18 Big South Championship Schedule". Big South Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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