2013 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Liberty Baseball Stadium
Lynchburg, VA
Champions Liberty (4th title)
Winning coach Jim Toman (1st title)
MVP Ashton Perritt (Liberty)
Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2012  2014»
2013 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
North
Campbell x 19 5 0   .792     49 10 0   .831
High Point 15 9 0   .625     29 29 0   .500
Radford 14 10 0   .583     30 26 0   .536
Liberty y 13 11 0   .542     36 29 0   .554
Longwood 12 12 0   .500     26 28 0   .481
VMI 6 18 0   .250     20 35 0   .364
South
Coastal Carolina xy 18 6 0   .750     37 23 0   .617
Gardner-Webb 12 11 0   .522     29 27 1   .518
Charleston Southern 11 13 0   .458     22 34 0   .393
Presbyterian 10 14 0   .417     24 32 0   .429
Winthrop 8 15 0   .348     21 33 0   .389
UNC Asheville 4 18 0   .182     16 35 0   .314
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. 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, VA. 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]

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]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
North Division
Campbell 19 5 .792
1
High Point 15 9 .625
4
3
Radford 14 10 .583
5
4
Liberty 13 11 .542
6
5
Longwood 12 12 .500
7
7
VMI 6 18 .250
13
South Division
Coastal Carolina 18 6 .750
2
Gardner-Webb 12 11 .522
5.5
6
Charleston Southern 11 13 .458
7
8
Presbyterian 10 14 .417
8
Winthrop 8 15 .348
9.5
UNC Asheville 4 18 .182
13

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1  Campbell 4  
8  Charleston Southern 0  
  1  Campbell 4  
  4  Radford 3  
4  Radford 6
5  Liberty 3  
  2  Coastal Carolina 8  
  5  Liberty 9  
8  Charleston Southern 1  
5  Liberty 2  
  4  Radford 2
  5  Liberty 3  
  5  Liberty 2
  1  Campbell 1
2  Coastal Carolina 6  
7  Longwood 1  
  2  Coastal Carolina 3
  6  Gardner-Webb 2  
3  High Point 2
6  Gardner-Webb 8  
  1  Campbell 8
  7  Longwood 6  
7  Longwood 11  
3  High Point 3  
  6  Gardner-Webb 5
  7  Longwood 6  

All-Tournament Team

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

POS Player Team
INF Michael Felton Campbell
INF Dalton Britt Liberty
INF Jake Kimble Liberty
INF Matt Dickason Longwood
OF Alex Buccilli Coastal Carolina
OF Colton Convicka Longwood
OF Justin Sizemore Liberty
C Trey Wimmer Liberty
P Ryan Thompson Campbell
P Blake Fulghum Liberty
DH Ted Blackman Coastal Carolina
UTL Ashton Perritt Liberty

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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