2009 Big South Conference baseball tournament


The 2009 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 19 through 23 at McCormick Field, home field of UNC Asheville in Asheville, North Carolina. The top eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the tenth time, and earned an invitation to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2009 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (10th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (7th title)
MVPDavid Anderson (Coastal Carolina)
2009 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 30 Coastal Carolina  ‍y 21 5   .808 47 16   .746
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 18 9   .667 35 25   .583
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 17 9   .654 33 21   .611
Radford  ‍‍‍ 16 9   .640 26 24   .520
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 25 25   .500
High Point  ‍‍‍ 11 12   .478 21 32   .396
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 10 15   .400 16 37   .302
VMI  ‍‍‍ 10 15   .400 18 35   .340
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 7 19   .269 13 38   .255
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 5 21   .192 9 42   .176
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

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The top eight finishers from the round-robin regular season qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage. The bottom seeds played a single elimination play-in round, with the two winners joining the top four seeds in a six team double-elimination tournament.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 21 5 .808 1
Winthrop 18 9 .667 3.5 2
Liberty 17 9 .654 4 3
Radford 16 9 .640 4.5 4
Gardner–Webb 13 14 .481 8.5 5
High Point 11 12 .478 8.5 6
Charleston Southern 10 15 .400 10.5 7
VMI 10 15 .400 10.5 8
Presbyterian 7 19 .269 14
UNC Asheville 5 21 .192 16

Bracket and results

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Play-in round

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Team R
7 Charleston Southern 1
6 High Point 2
Team R
8 VMI 13
5 Gardner–Webb 4

Double-elimination rounds

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina7
4Radford11
1Coastal Carolina94Radford3
8VMI42Winthrop212Winthrop6
8VMI4
3Liberty1
2Winthrop8
3Liberty10
2Winthrop1
4Radford3
3Liberty201Coastal Carolina7
6High Point10
2Winthrop43Liberty0
6High Point71Coastal Carolina7
1Coastal Carolina8
6High Point4

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
David Anderson Coastal Carolina
Austin Fleet Coastal Carolina
Alex Gregory Radford
Bryn Henderson Winthrop
Errol Hollinger Liberty
P.J. Jimenez Liberty
Robert Lake Winthrop
Bill Manion High Point
Nick McCully Coastal Carolina
Rico Noel Coastal Carolina
Eddie Rohan Winthrop
Sean Sullivan Winthrop
Eddie Tisdale Winthrop
A.J. Yoder VMI

Most Valuable Player

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David Anderson was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Anderson was a first baseman for Coastal Carolina.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2020.