1987 Big South Conference baseball tournament
The 1987 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 14 through 16 at Taylor Field on the campus of Campbell University in Buies Creek, North Carolina. Four teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The Big South played the season at the NCAA Division I level, but did not receive an automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Winthrop won the championship for the second time out of three years of the Tournament's existence.[2]
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Winthrop (2nd title) |
Winning coach | Horace Turbeville (1st title) |
MVP | Mike Michener (Armstrong State) |
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
East | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Campbell x | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .800 | 25 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop ‡ | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .727 | 38 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .826 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .375 | 12 | – | 20 | – | 1 | .379 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .000 | 11 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Armstrong State x | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .750 | 47 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 7 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .538 | 27 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .540 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Augusta State | 6 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .462 | 20 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .465 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Baptist | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .250 | 25 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .595 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1987[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball |
Format
The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament.[2]
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Bracket and results
First round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||
1E | Campbell | 8 | ||||||||||||
2W | Coastal Carolina | 19 | ||||||||||||
2W | Coastal Carolina | 6 | ||||||||||||
1W | Armstrong State | 10 | ||||||||||||
1W | Armstrong State | 14 | ||||||||||||
2E | Winthrop | 8 | ||||||||||||
1W | Armstrong State | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||
2E | Winthrop | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
2W | Coastal Carolina | 7 | ||||||||||||
1E | Campbell | 1 | 2E | Winthrop | 11 | |||||||||
2E | Winthrop | 8 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
Name | School |
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Charlie Broad | Armstrong State |
Jeff Garbett | Winthrop |
Scott Goins | Winthrop |
Dana Harding | Armstrong State |
Mark Hetrick | Winthrop |
Jimmy Huestess | Winthrop |
Art Inabinet | Winthrop |
Jimmy Malseed | Winthrop |
Mike Michener | Armstrong State |
Dave Murray | Winthrop |
Robert Tucker | Winthrop |
Most Valuable Player
Mike Michener was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Michener was an outfielder for Armstrong State.[2]
References
- "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 4. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
- "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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