2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Western Carolina University won the tournament. 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 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2015–16 academic year.[2]

2016 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams9
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
2016 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Mercer  ‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 38 23   .623
Western Carolina  ‍‍y 15 9   .625 31 31   .500
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 38 21   .644
Furman  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 29 30   .492
Samford  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 35 26   .574
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 13 11   .542 27 30   .474
Wofford  ‍‍‍ 12 12   .500 30 28   .517
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 17 42   .288
VMI  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 21 35   .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016[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. East Tennessee State, UNC Greensboro, and VMI have never won a title, although East Tennessee State and VMI returned to the conference in 2015 after over ten years in other conferences. Defending champion Mercer claimed the conference championship in its first ever appearance.

The tournament will be played in Greenville, which has hosted three of the past seven events.[3]

Seeding and format

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All nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The winner will play the top seed, as part of the double-elimination tournament.[4]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Mercer 16 8 .667 1
Western Carolina 15 9 .625 1 2
UNC Greensboro 15 9 .625 1 3
Furman 14 10 .583 2 4
East Tennessee State 13 11 .542 3 5
Samford 13 11 .542 3 6
Wofford 12 12 .500 4 7
The Citadel 6 18 .250 10 8
VMI 4 20 .167 12 9

Bracket

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Play-In Round

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Tuesday, May 24
Team R
#9 VMI 2
#8 The Citadel 3

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Mercer13
8The Citadel1
1Mercer6
4Furman1
4Furman3
5East Tennessee State0
1Mercer9
2Western Carolina8
3UNC Greensboro5
6Samford8
6Samford4
2Western Carolina14
2Western Carolina10
7Wofford91Mercer22
2Western Carolina43
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5East Tennessee State11
8The Citadel26Samford126Samford4
5East Tennessee State46Samford22Western Carolina7
4Furman0
3UNC Greensboro10
3UNC Greensboro94Furman15
7Wofford6

References

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  1. ^ "Southern Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "2015-16 Southern Conference Championship Schedule". soconsports.com. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "2016 Baseball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.
  4. ^ "2016 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved November 16, 2015.