2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament

2007 Big South Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Winthrop Ballpark Rock Hill, South Carolina
Champions	Coastal Carolina (8th title)
Winning coach	Gary Gilmore (5th title)
MVP	Tommy Baldridge (Coastal Carolina)

2007 Big South Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 24 Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‡‍^y	17	–	4		.810			50	–	13		.794
Winthrop  ‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			33	–	27		.550
Liberty  ‍‍‍	14	–	7		.667			36	–	25		.590
VMI  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			34	–	21		.618
High Point  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			27	–	30		.474
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			22	–	38		.367
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍	7	–	14		.333			22	–	34		.393
Radford  ‍‍‍	2	–	19		.095			10	–	36		.217
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2007[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 22 through 26 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eight time, and earned an invitation to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

Format

All eight teams 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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Coastal Carolina	17	4	.810	—	1
Winthrop	15	6	.714	2	2
Liberty	14	7	.667	3	3
VMI	10	11	.476	7	4
High Point	10	11	.476	7	5
UNC Asheville	9	12	.429	8	6
Charleston Southern	7	14	.333	10	7
Radford	2	19	.095	15	8

Bracket and results

Play-in round

Team	R
8 Radford	3
5 High Point	8

Team	R
7 Charleston Southern	0
6 UNC Asheville	3

Double-elimination rounds

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Coastal Carolina	6
	6	UNC Asheville	3			1	Coastal Carolina	4
						4	VMI	2
	3	Liberty	4								1	Coastal Carolina	13
	4	VMI	3								2	Winthrop	3
						3	Liberty	1													1	Coastal Carolina	6	—
						2	Winthrop	4													3	Liberty	5	—
	2	Winthrop	6													2	Winthrop	0
	5	High Point	5								3	Liberty	12			3	Liberty	11
						6	UNC Asheville	9			6	UNC Asheville	8
						5	High Point	7

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Tommy Baldridge	Coastal Carolina
Tyler Bortnick	Coastal Carolina
Phil Carey	Winthrop
Bobby Gagg	Coastal Carolina
Patrick Gaillard	Liberty
P.K. Keller	Liberty
Derek Martin	Coastal Carolina
Nick McCully	Coastal Carolina
Matt Rademacher	Coastal Carolina
Jonathan Settle	Winthrop
Michael Solbach	Liberty
Dustin Umberger	Liberty
Adam Vrable	Coastal Carolina
Garrett Young	Liberty

Most Valuable Player

Tommy Baldridge was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Baldridge was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina.^[2]

References

1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 3, 2020.