2013 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Liberty Baseball Stadium on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Liberty defeated first-seeded Campbell, 2-1, to win its fourth tournament championship. As a result, Liberty earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2013 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLiberty (4th title)
Winning coachJim Toman (1st title)
MVPAshton Perritt, Liberty
2013 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
North
Campbell  x‍‍‍ 19–5–0 .792  49–10–0 .831
High Point  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .625  29–29–0 .500
Radford  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .583  30–26–0 .536
Liberty  ‍‍‡‍y 13–11–0 .542  36–29–0 .554
Longwood  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  26–28–0 .481
VMI  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .250  20–35–0 .364
South
Coastal Carolina  x‍‍‍y 18–6–0 .750  37–23–0 .617
Gardner-Webb  ‍‍‍ 12–11–0 .522  29–27–1 .518
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .458  22–34–0 .393
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .417  24–32–0 .429
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 8–15–0 .348  21–33–0 .389
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 4–18–0 .182  16–35–0 .314
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

With the introduction of division play in 2013, the division winners were seeded one and two, and the next six finishers from the regular season, regardless of division, were seeded three through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winners of each bracket facing off in a single elimination final.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
North Division
Campbell195.792
–
1
High Point159.625
4
3
Radford1410.583
5
4
Liberty1311.542
6
5
Longwood1212.500
7
7
VMI618.250
13
–
South Division
Coastal Carolina186.750
–
2
Gardner-Webb1211.522
5.5
6
Charleston Southern1113.458
7
8
Presbyterian1014.417
8
–
Winthrop815.348
9.5
–
UNC Asheville418.182
13
–

Results
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Campbell 4  
8 Charleston Southern 0  
  1 Campbell 4  
  4 Radford 3  
4 Radford 6
5 Liberty 3  
  2 Coastal Carolina 8  
  5 Liberty 9  
8 Charleston Southern 1  
5 Liberty 2  
  4 Radford 2
  5 Liberty 3  
  5 Liberty 2
  1 Campbell 1
2 Coastal Carolina 6  
7 Longwood 1  
  2 Coastal Carolina 3
  6 Gardner-Webb 2  
3 High Point 2
6 Gardner-Webb 8  
  1 Campbell 8
  7 Longwood 6  
7 Longwood 11  
3 High Point 3  
  6 Gardner-Webb 5
  7 Longwood 6  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

POS Player Team
INFMichael FeltonCampbell
INFDalton BrittLiberty
INFJake KimbleLiberty
INFMatt DickasonLongwood
OFAlex BuccilliCoastal Carolina
OFColton ConvickaLongwood
OFJustin SizemoreLiberty
CTrey WimmerLiberty
PRyan ThompsonCampbell
PBlake FulghumLiberty
DHTed BlackmanCoastal Carolina
UTLAshton PerrittLiberty

Most Valuable Player

Liberty outfielder/pitcher Ashton Perritt was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

References
  1. "Baseball 2013 Season Stats". Big South Conference. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  2. "2013 Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  3. "Big South Announces Seedings for 2013 Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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