1999 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 1999 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 20 through 23 at Charles Watson Stadium, home field of regular season champion Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. The top six finishers from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Winthrop, won the title for the third time, and first since 1987, and earned an invitation to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

1999 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsWinthrop (3rd title)
Winning coachJoe Hudak (1st title)
MVPMatt Kozaria (Winthrop)
1999 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‍ 10–2 .83343–15 .741
Winthrop  ‍‍‡‍y 9–6 .60040–23 .635
Radford  ‍‍‍ 7–7 .50022–30 .423
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 7–8 .46726–28 .481
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 5–8 .38526–32 .448
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 4–11 .26721–39 .350
Elon  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –20–35 .364
High Point  ‍‍‍ 0–0 –11–39 .220
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1999[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top six finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through six and played a double-elimination tournament. New members Elon and High Point were ineligible for conference competition, making all returning members automatically qualifying for the event.[2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Coastal Carolina102.833—1
Winthrop96.6002.52
Radford77.50043
Liberty78.4674.54
Charleston Southern58.3855.55
UNC Asheville411.2677.56
Elon00———
High Point00———

Bracket and results
First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina3
6UNC Asheville21Coastal Carolina8
3Radford7
3Radford01Coastal Carolina3
4Liberty82Winthrop4
4Liberty02Winthrop6—
2Winthrop131Coastal Carolina3—
2Winthrop81Coastal Carolina11
5Charleston Southern74Liberty64Liberty10
6UNC Asheville86UNC Asheville5
5Charleston Southern3

All-Tournament Team
NameSchool
Jason ColsonWinthrop
Ron DeubelCoastal Carolina
Matt KozariaWinthrop
Todd LeathersWinthrop
Brooks MarzkaCoastal Carolina
Trey MillerRadford
Ryan MoffettUNC Asheville
Anthony PennixLiberty
Kevin SchnallCoastal Carolina
Jason TarasuikWinthrop
Josh UryWinthrop
Sean WalshRadford

Most Valuable Player

Matt Kozaria was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kozaria was a pitcher for Winthrop.[2]

References
  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
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