2010 Big South Conference baseball tournament
The 2010 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 25 through 29 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The top eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eleventh time, and earned an invitation to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Coastal Carolina (11th title) |
| Winning coach | Gary Gilmore (8th title) |
| MVP | Daniel Bowman (Coastal Carolina) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Coastal Carolina †‡y | 25 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 55 | – | 10 | .846 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty | 19 | – | 8 | .704 | 43 | – | 18 | .705 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | 34 | – | 24 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 1 | – | 26 | .037 | 2 | – | 58 | .033 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | 29 | – | 28 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VMI | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | 34 | – | 21 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 13 | – | 14 | .481 | 20 | – | 32 | .385 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | 27 | – | 28 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 9 | – | 18 | .333 | 17 | – | 37 | .315 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 9 | – | 17 | .346 | 20 | – | 35 | .364 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
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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]
High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player. The standings template at right reflects the results after the forfeits, while the table below shows the results of games played in order to accurately reflect seeding.[2][3]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina | 25 | 0 | 1.000 | — | 1 |
| Liberty | 19 | 8 | .704 | 7 | 2 |
| Radford | 15 | 11 | .577 | 10.5 | 3 |
| High Point | 15 | 12 | .556 | 11 | 4 |
| VMI | 13 | 14 | .481 | 13 | 5 |
| Winthrop | 13 | 14 | .481 | 13 | 6 |
| Gardner–Webb | 10 | 17 | .370 | 16 | 7 |
| UNC Asheville | 10 | 17 | .370 | 16 | 8 |
| Presbyterian | 7 | 20 | .259 | 19 | — |
| Charleston Southern | 6 | 20 | .231 | 19.5 | — |
Bracket and results
Double-elimination rounds
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | VMI | 2 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Radford | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Radford | 8 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | High Point | 10 | 4 | High Point | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | High Point | 2 | 1 | Coastal Carolina | 8 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Liberty | 1 | 2 | Liberty | 2 | — | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Liberty | 7 | 4 | High Point | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Winthrop | 2 | 2 | Liberty | 9 | 2 | Liberty | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Winthrop | 11 | 5 | Winthrop | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | VMI | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Daniel Bowman | Coastal Carolina |
| Tyler Bream | Liberty |
| Chas Crane | Winthrop |
| Steven Evans | Liberty |
| Chance Gilmore | Coastal Carolina |
| Tommy La Stella | Coastal Carolina |
| Anthony Meo | Coastal Carolina |
| Mike Mercurio | High Point |
| Kenneth Negron | Liberty |
| Eddie Rohan | Winthrop |
| Pablo Rosario | High Point |
| Rich Witten | Coastal Carolina |
Most Valuable Player
Daniel Bowman was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bowman was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina.[2]
References
- "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
- "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2010". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 4, 2020.