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 19–23, 2009 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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 30 Coastal Carolina  y 215 .808  4716 .746
Winthrop   189 .667  3525 .583
Liberty   179 .654  3321 .611
Radford   169 .640  2624 .520
Gardner–Webb   1314 .481  2525 .500
High Point   1112 .478  2132 .396
Charleston Southern   1015 .400  1637 .302
VMI   1015 .400  1835 .340
Presbyterian   719 .269  1338 .255
UNC Asheville   521 .192  942 .176
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina215.8081
Winthrop189.6673.52
Liberty179.65443
Radford169.6404.54
Gardner–Webb1314.4818.55
High Point1112.4788.56
Charleston Southern1015.40010.57
VMI1015.40010.58
Presbyterian719.26914
UNC Asheville521.19216

Bracket and results

Play-in round

TeamR
7 Charleston Southern1
6 High Point2
TeamR
8 VMI13
5 Gardner–Webb4

Double-elimination rounds

  First round Semifinals Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                               
  1 Coastal Carolina 9  
  8 VMI 4     1 Coastal Carolina 7  
    4 Radford 11    
      4 Radford 3  
      2 Winthrop 21     2 Winthrop 6  
  8 VMI 4         3 Liberty 1    
  2 Winthrop 8        
  3 Liberty 10         2 Winthrop 1
  4 Radford 3           1 Coastal Carolina 7
      3 Liberty 20        
      6 High Point 10          
  2 Winthrop 4           3 Liberty 0              
  6 High Point 7         1 Coastal Carolina 7            
  1 Coastal Carolina 8    
  6 High Point 4  

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
David AndersonCoastal Carolina
Austin FleetCoastal Carolina
Alex GregoryRadford
Bryn HendersonWinthrop
Errol HollingerLiberty
P.J. JimenezLiberty
Robert LakeWinthrop
Bill ManionHigh Point
Nick McCullyCoastal Carolina
Rico NoelCoastal Carolina
Eddie RohanWinthrop
Sean SullivanWinthrop
Eddie TisdaleWinthrop
A.J. YoderVMI

Most Valuable Player

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

References

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