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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 30 Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 21–5 .80847–16 .746
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 18–9 .66735–25 .583
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 17–9 .65433–21 .611
Radford  ‍‍‍ 16–9 .64026–24 .520
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .48125–25 .500
High Point  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .47821–32 .396
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 10–15 .40016–37 .302
VMI  ‍‍‍ 10–15 .40018–35 .340
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 7–19 .26913–38 .255
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 5–21 .1929–42 .176
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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]

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 Carolina215.808—1
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 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

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. 1 2 3 "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
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