2019 Big South Conference baseball tournament


The 2019 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Fayetteville Ballpark in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2019 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCampbell (5th title)
Winning coachJustin Haire (2nd title)
TelevisionESPN3 (Tuesday-Wednesday)
ESPN+ (Thursday-Friday)
ESPNU (Championship)
2019 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Campbell ‍y 19 7   .731 37 21   .638
Radford ‍‍‍ 19 8   .704 30 27   .526
Winthrop ‍‍‍ 18 9   .667 34 23   .596
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 30 29   .508
High Point ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 27 27   .500
Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 25 26   .490
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 23 36   .390
USC Upstate ‍‍‍ 9 17   .346 23 30   .434
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 9 18   .333 16 36   .308
Longwood ‍‍‍ 5 22   .185 11 41   .212
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

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The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results

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Play–in games
   
6 High Point 2
9 UNC Asheville 0
7 Charleston Southern 6
8 USC Upstate 1
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Campbell20
7Charleston Southern7
2Radford313
7Charleston Southern8
1Campbell13
3Winthrop5
4Presbyterian2
5Gardner–Webb1
4Presbyterian5
3Winthrop12
3Winthrop4
6High Point1
1Campbell8
3Winthrop6
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Presbyterian4
5Gardner–Webb26High Point156High Point2
6High Point66High Point63Winthrop6
2Radford4
2Radford8
7Charleston Southern1

Conference championship

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Big South Championship
(3) Winthrop Eagles vs. (1) Campbell Fighting Camels
May 25, 2019, 12:00 pm (EDT) at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville, North Carolina
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(3) Winthrop 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 1
(1) Campbell 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 1 X 8 14 3
WP: Phil Simpson (2–2)   LP: Colten Rendon (3–3)   Sv: Tyson Messer (5)
Home runs:
WIN: None
CAMP: Luis Gimenez; Tyler Anshaw; Matthew Barefoot

References

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  1. ^ "Big South Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 Big South Championship Schedule". Big South Conference. Retrieved December 3, 2018.