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The 1986 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 13 through 15, 1986, on the campus of Augusta State University in Augusta, Georgia. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1986 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Coastal Carolina won the championship.[2]

1986 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (1st title)
Winning coachBobby Richardson (1st title)
MVPTerry Spires (Coastal Carolina)
1986 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
East
Campbell  x‍‍‍ 14 – 3   .824 31 – 20   .608
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 11 – 4   .733 37 – 10   .787
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 6 – 11   .353 17 – 32   .347
Radford  ‍‍‍ 1 – 14   .067 14 – 22   .389
West
Augusta State  x‍‍‍ 12 – 6   .667 36 – 23   .610
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‡‍ 9 – 9   .500 31 – 19   .620
Baptist  ‍‍‍ 8 – 10   .444 32 – 19   .627
Armstrong State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 37 – 20   .649
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1986[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format edit

The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
East
Campbell 14 3 .824 — 1E
Winthrop 11 4 .733 2 2E
UNC Asheville 6 11 .353 8 —
Radford 1 14 .067 12 —
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
West
Augusta State 12 6 .667 — 1W
Coastal Carolina 9 9 .500 3 2W
Baptist 8 10 .444 4 —
Armstrong State 7 11 .389 5 —

Bracket and results edit

First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1ECampbell4
2WCoastal Carolina5
2WCoastal Carolina5
1WAugusta State0
1WAugusta State6
2EWinthrop5
2WCoastal Carolina20—
2EWinthrop2—
Lower round 1Lower final
1WAugusta State2
1ECampbell42EWinthrop6
2EWinthrop6

All-Tournament Team edit

Name School
Neal Clatterbuck Winthrop
Glenn Fortner Coastal Carolina
Scott Goins Winthrop
Trent Mercer Augusta State
John Pilatich Coastal Carolina
Donnie Poteet Augusta State
Mike Prochaska Coastal Carolina
Art Smith Coastal Carolina
Terry Spires Coastal Carolina
Tom Sutryk Coastal Carolina
Kevin Thomas Coastal Carolina
James White Campbell

Most Valuable Player edit

Terry Spires was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Spires was a shortstop for Coastal Carolina.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 4. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved February 6, 2020.
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