2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

2008 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament

Classification

Division I

Season

2008

Teams

Format

Double-elimination tournament

Site

Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park
Charleston, South Carolina

Champions

Elon (1st title)

Winning coach

Mike Kennedy (1st title)

MVP

Cory Harrilchak (Elon)

Attendance

15,144

Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament

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2008 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Elon †‡^y	19	–	8	.704	44	–	18	.710
College of Charleston	18	–	9	.667	39	–	20	.661
Furman	17	–	10	.630	33	–	24	.579
Georgia Southern	16	–	11	.593	33	–	25	.569
UNC Greensboro	15	–	12	.556	33	–	27	.550
Appalachian State	14	–	13	.519	32	–	27	.542
Western Carolina	14	–	13	.519	29	–	28	.509
The Citadel	12	–	15	.444	28	–	28	.500
Wofford	6	–	21	.222	24	–	35	.407
Davidson	4	–	23	.148	12	–	38	.240

† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2008^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2008 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from May 20 through May 24. Top seeded Elon won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Elon's first SoCon tournament win. Elon joined the conference beginning with the 2004 baseball season.

All ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, two bracket, double-elimination tournament.

Seeding

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Elon	19	8	.704	–	1
College of Charleston	18	9	.667	1	2
Furman	17	10	.630	2	3
Georgia Southern	16	11	.593	3	4
UNC Greensboro	15	12	.556	4	5
Appalachian State	14	13	.519	5	6
Western Carolina	14	13	.519	5	7
The Citadel	12	15	.444	7	8
Wofford	6	21	.222	13	9
Davidson	4	23	.148	15	10

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Bracket

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 20
Team	R
#10 Davidson	10
#7 Western Carolina	11
Notes: Davidson eliminated

Tuesday, May 20
Team	R
#9 Wofford	8
#8 The Citadel	4
Notes: The Citadel eliminated

Bracket One

First Round			Second Round			Semifinals

7	Western Carolina	4
2	College of Charleston	5
			3	Furman	8

			2	College of Charleston	12
6	Appalachian State	8

3	Furman	10
						2	College of Charleston	12

						3	Furman	11
7	Western Carolina	5

6	Appalachian State	10
			6	Appalachian State	12

			3	Furman	13

Bracket Two

First Round			Second Round			Semifinals

9	Wofford	12
1	Elon	21
			1	Elon	16

			4	Georgia Southern	5
5	UNC Greensboro	9

4	Georgia Southern	21
						1	Elon	12

						5	UNC Greensboro	4
5	UNC Greensboro	14

9	Wofford	5
			4	Georgia Southern	9

			5	UNC Greensboro	12

Final

Sunday, May 24
Team	R
#2 College of Charleston	8
#1 Elon	17

Game Summaries

Play-In Round

Tuesday, May 20 12:05 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
#10 Davidson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	10	12	4
#7 Western Carolina	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	11	16	3
WP: Masters LP: Hunter Home runs: DAV: None WCU: Lyons Attendance: 1,423 Notes: Davidson eliminated Boxscore

Tuesday, May 20 5:44 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#9 Wofford	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	8	13	1
#8 The Citadel	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	3
WP: Summers LP: Copenhaver Home runs: WC: Gilmartin, Kirkley Cid: None Attendance: 1,533 Notes: The Citadel eliminated Boxscore

Round One

Wednesday, May 21 10:06 am
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#7 Western Carolina	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
#2 College of Charleston	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	5	12	1
WP: Jesse Simpson LP: Tavernier Home runs: WCU: Lyons CofC: Sizemore, Tice 2 Attendance: 949 Boxscore

Wednesday, May 21 1:36 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
#6 Appalachian State	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	8	12	1
#3 Furman	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	5	10	12	2
WP: Karow LP: Jason Rook Home runs: ASU: Rubenstein, Hubbard, Rodgers FU: None Attendance: 887 Boxscore

Wednesday, May 21 5:05 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#9 Wofford	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	4	0	12	13	2
#1 Elon	3	1	0	0	2	15	0	0	X	21	17	4
WP: Hensley LP: Cornely Home runs: WC: None EU: Harrichak, Tarleton Attendance: 973 Boxscore

Wednesday, May 21 10:15
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#5 UNC Greensboro	0	0	0	4	3	1	1	0	0	9	11	1
#4 Georgia Southern	0	0	6	1	0	4	7	3	X	21	21	1
WP: Eubanks LP: McCall Home runs: UNCG: Feltes, Snell GSU: Parker 2 Attendance: 522 Boxscore

Round Two

Thursday, May 22 10:00 am
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#7 Western Carolina	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	5	10	0
#6 Appalachian State	4	0	4	0	0	0	2	0	X	10	12	0
WP: Josh Dowdy LP: Martin Home runs: WCU: None ASU: Towarnicky Attendance: 657 Notes: Western Carolina eliminated Boxscore

Thursday, May 22 2:00 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#5 UNC Greensboro	1	0	4	0	0	4	1	0	4	14	19	1
#9 Wofford	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	8	1
WP: Gilliam LP: Dolinak Home runs: UNCG: Feltes WC: Carrier Attendance: 659 Notes: Wofford eliminated Boxscore

Thursday, May 22 6:00 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#3 Furman	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	8	10	6
#2 College of Charleston	1	5	0	2	0	2	0	2	X	12	12	2
WP: Mike Lynn LP: Lang Home runs: FU: Hemingway ASU: None Attendance: 1,195 Boxscore

Thursday, May 22 10:00 am
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#1 Elon	0	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	8	16	21	1
#4 Georgia Southern	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	9	3
WP: Lewter LP: Chisman Home runs: EU: Harrilchak, Davis, CAustin GSU: Shehan Attendance: 723 Boxscore

Round Three

Friday, May 23 9:02 am
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#6 Appalachian State	1	2	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	12	16	2
#3 Furman	3	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	1	13	12	1
WP: Parry LP: Garrett Sherrill Home runs: ASU: Harrow 2, Towarnicky, Franco 2 FU: Smith Attendance: 681 Notes: Appalachian State eliminated Boxscore

Friday, May 23 1:00 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#4 Georgia Southern	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	9	14	0
#5 UNC Greensboro	0	0	2	3	0	0	7	0	X	12	15	1
WP: GSmith LP: Eubanks Home runs: GSU: Wright UNCG: Feltes, Carrier, Deleo Attendance: 627 Notes: Georgia Southern eliminated Boxscore

Semifinals

Saturday, May 24 10:02 am
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
#2 College of Charleston	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	2	12	15	3
#3 Furman	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	11	15	3
WP: Mike Lynn LP: Parry Home runs: CofC: Sizemore, Tice, Haywood 2 FU: Harrison Attendance: 1,443 Notes: Furman eliminated Boxscore

Saturday, May 24 5:00 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#1 Elon	2	5	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	12	4	0
#5 UNC Greensboro	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	11	2
WP: Ferrer LP: Martin Sv: JReyes Home runs: EU: Harrilchak, Davis, Lobacz UNCG: None Attendance: 617 Notes: UNC Greensboro eliminated Boxscore

Final

Sunday, May 24 2:08 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#2 College of Charleston	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	5	0	8	8	3
#1 Elon	0	1	0	0	3	5	3	5	X	17	19	4
WP: Harrilchak LP: Jesse Simpson Home runs: CofC: Haywood EU: Tarleton Attendance: 2,255 Notes: Elon wins Boxscore

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Mike Lynn	College of Charleston
C	Dallas Tarleton	Elon
1B	Jay Jackson	Furman
2B	Tim Carrier	UNC Greensboro
SS	Chase Austin	Elon
3B	Bennett Davis	Elon
OF	Stuart Haywood	College of Charleston
OF	Chris Shehan	Georgia Southern
OF	Cory Harrilchak	Elon
DH	Greg Feltes	UNC Greensboro

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Cory Harrilchak
Elon

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References

↑ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2008". Boyd's World. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
↑ "2010 Southern Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-16.
↑ "2012 Southern Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-16.

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