2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 22 through 26 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eight time, and earned an invitation to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2007 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (8th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (5th title)
MVPTommy Baldridge (Coastal Carolina)
2007 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 24 Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–4 .81050–13 .794
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 15–6 .71433–27 .550
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 14–7 .66736–25 .590
VMI  ‍‍‍ 10–11 .47634–21 .618
High Point  ‍‍‍ 10–11 .47627–30 .474
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 9–12 .42922–38 .367
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 7–14 .33322–34 .393
Radford  ‍‍‍ 2–19 .09510–36 .217
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

All eight teams 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 Carolina174.810—1
Winthrop156.71422
Liberty147.66733
VMI1011.47674
High Point1011.47675
UNC Asheville912.42986
Charleston Southern714.333107
Radford219.095158

Bracket and results

Play-in round
TeamR
8 Radford3
5 High Point8
TeamR
7 Charleston Southern0
6 UNC Asheville3

Double-elimination rounds
First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina6
6UNC Asheville31Coastal Carolina4
4VMI2
3Liberty41Coastal Carolina13
4VMI32Winthrop3
3Liberty11Coastal Carolina6—
2Winthrop43Liberty5—
2Winthrop62Winthrop0
5High Point53Liberty123Liberty11
6UNC Asheville96UNC Asheville8
5High Point7

All-Tournament Team
NameSchool
Tommy BaldridgeCoastal Carolina
Tyler BortnickCoastal Carolina
Phil CareyWinthrop
Bobby GaggCoastal Carolina
Patrick GaillardLiberty
P.K. KellerLiberty
Derek MartinCoastal Carolina
Nick McCullyCoastal Carolina
Matt RademacherCoastal Carolina
Jonathan SettleWinthrop
Michael SolbachLiberty
Dustin UmbergerLiberty
Adam VrableCoastal Carolina
Garrett YoungLiberty

Most Valuable Player

Tommy Baldridge was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Baldridge was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina.[2]

References
  1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 3, 2020.
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