1991 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 1991 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from April 27 through 30. Fourth seeded Furman won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Paladins first tournament win.

1991 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsFurman (1st title)
MVPBrent Williams (Furman)
1991 Southern Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
The Citadel   162 .8893419 .642
Western Carolina   113 .7863626 .581
Marshall   97 .5631626 .381
Furman  y 65 .5452626 .500
Appalachian State   58 .3852821 .571
East Tennessee State   513 .2782329 .442
VMI   115 .063235 .054
Conference champion
SoCon Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1991[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament used a double-elimination format, with top seeded The Citadel receiving a bye to the second day in order to compensate for the odd number of teams in the league.

Seeding

Team W L Pct GB Seed
The Citadel 16 2 .889
1
Western Carolina 11 3 .786
3
2
Marshall 9 7 .563
6
3
Furman 6 5 .545
6.5
4
Appalachian State 5 8 .385
8.5
5
East Tennessee State 5 13 .278
11
6
VMI 1 15 .063
14
7

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Results

Bracket

Bracket to be included

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
April 271Western Carolina18–2VMI
2East Tennessee State14–4Marshall
3Appalachian State4–2Furman
April 284Furman10–4MarshallMarshall eliminated
5East Tennessee State7–4Western Carolina
6Appalachian State2–0The Citadel
7Furman8–3VMIVMI eliminated
April 298Western Carolina7–3The CitadelThe Citadel eliminated
9Appalachian State7–1East Tennessee State
10Western Carolina9–4East Tennessee StateEast Tennessee State eliminated
11Furman7–6 (10)Appalachian State
April 3012Western Carolina4–0Appalachian StateAppalachian State eliminated
13Furman11–9Western CarolinaFurman wins SoCon Tournament

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All-Tournament Team

Position Player School
P Jack Kimel Western Carolina
C Brent Williams Furman
1B Rodney Tesh Western Carolina
2B John Key Appalachian State
3B Matt Raleigh Western Carolina
SS Nathan Dunn East Tennessee State
OF Kevin Bellomo Western Carolina
OF Joey Cox Western Carolina
OF Scott Waugh Appalachian State
DH Dallas Rhinehart East Tennessee State
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Brent Williams
Furman

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References

  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boyd's World. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
  2. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  3. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  4. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
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