1987 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

1987 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1987
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination tournament
Champions Western Carolina (3rd title)
MVP Clint Fairey (Western Carolina)
Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1986  1988»
1987 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Northern
Appalachian State x 10 – 2   .833     26 – 13   .667
VMI 8 – 4   .667     16 – 16   .500
Marshall 5 – 7   .417     16 – 17   .485
East Tennessee State 1 – 11   .083     9 – 19   .321
Southern
#30 Western Carolina x‡y 13 – 3   .813     36 – 20   .643
Davidson 10 – 7   .588     25 – 17   .595
The Citadel 6 – 12   .333     19 – 31   .380
Furman 5 – 12   .294     11 – 26   .297
x – Division champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1987[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Asheville, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. The South Division's top seed Western Carolina won their third consecutive tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.[2]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
North Division
Appalachian State 10 2 .833
–
1N
VMI 8 4 .667
2
2N
Marshall 5 7 .417
5
–
East Tennessee State 1 11 .083
9
–
South Division
Western Carolina 13 3
–
1S
Davidson 10 7 .588
3.5
2S
The Citadel 6 12 .333
7.5
–
Furman 5 12 .294
8.5
–

Bracket

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1N  Appalachian State 8  
2S  Davidson 5  
  1N  Appalachian State 7  
  1S  Western Carolina 8  
1S  Western Carolina 16
2N  VMI 4  
  1S  Western Carolina 9
  2N  VMI 4
2S  Davidson 7  
2N  VMI 15  
  1N  Appalachian State 9*
  2N  VMI 10*  

* - Indicates game required extra innings.[3]

Most Outstanding Player

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Clint Fairey
Western Carolina

[4]

References

  1. ↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  3. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 48. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  4. ↑ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 63. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, January 11, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.