2013 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 2013 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Liberty Baseball Stadium on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Liberty defeated first-seeded Campbell, 2-1, to win its fourth tournament championship. As a result, Liberty earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2013 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLiberty (4th title)
Winning coachJim Toman (1st title)
MVPAshton Perritt (Liberty)
2013 Big South Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
North
Campbell  x‍‍‍ 19–5–0 .79249–10–0 .831
High Point  ‍‍‍ 15–9–0 .62529–29–0 .500
Radford  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58330–26–0 .536
Liberty  ‍‍‡‍y 13–11–0 .54236–29–0 .554
Longwood  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .50026–28–0 .481
VMI  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .25020–35–0 .364
South
Coastal Carolina  x‍‍‍y 18–6–0 .75037–23–0 .617
Gardner-Webb  ‍‍‍ 12–11–0 .52229–27–1 .518
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 11–13–0 .45822–34–0 .393
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 10–14–0 .41724–32–0 .429
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 8–15–0 .34821–33–0 .389
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 4–18–0 .18216–35–0 .314
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

With the introduction of division play in 2013, the division winners were seeded one and two, and the next six finishers from the regular season, regardless of division, were seeded three through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winners of each bracket facing off in a single elimination final.[3]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
North Division
Campbell195.792
–
1
High Point159.625
4
3
Radford1410.583
5
4
Liberty1311.542
6
5
Longwood1212.500
7
7
VMI618.250
13
–
South Division
Coastal Carolina186.750
–
2
Gardner-Webb1211.522
5.5
6
Charleston Southern1113.458
7
8
Presbyterian1014.417
8
–
Winthrop815.348
9.5
–
UNC Asheville418.182
13
–

Results
First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Campbell4
8Charleston Southern0
1Campbell4
4Radford3
4Radford6
5Liberty3
2Coastal Carolina8
5Liberty9
8Charleston Southern1
5Liberty24Radford2
5Liberty3
5Liberty2
2Coastal Carolina6
1Campbell1
7Longwood1
2Coastal Carolina3
6Gardner-Webb2
3High Point2
6Gardner-Webb8
1Campbell8
7Longwood6
7Longwood11
3High Point36Gardner-Webb5
7Longwood6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

POS Player Team
INFMichael FeltonCampbell
INFDalton BrittLiberty
INFJake KimbleLiberty
INFMatt DickasonLongwood
OFAlex BuccilliCoastal Carolina
OFColton ConvickaLongwood
OFJustin SizemoreLiberty
CTrey WimmerLiberty
PRyan ThompsonCampbell
PBlake FulghumLiberty
DHTed BlackmanCoastal Carolina
UTLAshton PerrittLiberty

Most Valuable Player

Liberty outfielder/pitcher Ashton Perritt was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

References
  1. "Baseball 2013 Season Stats". Big South Conference. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
  2. "2013 Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
  3. "Big South Announces Seedings for 2013 Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
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