2024 Big South Conference baseball tournament


The 2024 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Truist Point in High Point, North Carolina. The top four regular season finishers of the conference's nine teams met in the double-elimination tournament. The tournament champion, High Point, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first ever conference championship and appearance in the NCAA tournament for High Point.[2]

2024 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsHigh Point Panthers (1st title)
Winning coachJoey Hammond (1st title)
MVPEric Grintz (High Point)
TelevisionESPN+
2024 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 18 6 0   .750 29 27 0   .518
High Point  ‍‍y 17 7 0   .708 34 25 0   .576
USC Upstate  ‍‍‍ 16 8 0   .667 36 24 0   .600
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 22 32 0   .407
Longwood  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 23 29 0   .442
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 22 28 0   .440
Gardner-Webb  ‍‍‍ 9 15 0   .375 22 31 0   .415
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 8 15 0   .348 19 29 1   .398
Radford  ‍‍‍ 7 16 0   .304 16 34 0   .320
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 25, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

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The top four finishers of the league's nine teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Results

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First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Presbyterian 4
4 Charleston Southern 5
4 Charleston Southern 11
Winner's bracket
2 High Point 12
3 USC Upstate 8
2 High Point 10
2 High Point 6
3 USC Upstate 0
1 Presbyterian 8
3 USC Upstate 9
3 USC Upstate 4
Loser's bracket
4 Charleston Southern 2

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Notes Reference
Thursday, May 23
1 1:00pm No. 4 Charleston Southern vs No. 1 Presbyterian 5–4 [3]
2 5:00pm No. 2 High Point vs No. 3 USC Upstate 10–8 [4]
Friday, May 24
3 11:00am No. 1 Presbyterian vs No. 3 USC Upstate 8–9 Presbyterian eliminated [5]
4 3:00pm No. 2 High Point vs No. 4 Charleston Southern 12–11 [6]
5 7:00pm No. 4 Charleston Southern vs No. 3 USC Upstate 2–4 Charleston Southern eliminated [7]
Saturday, May 25
6 12:00pm No. 2 High Point vs No. 3 USC Upstate 6–0 High Point wins championship [8]
7 4:00pm Rematch (not necessary)
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All–Tournament Team

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Source:[9]

Position Player Team
C Eric Grintz (MVP) High Point
INF Vance Sheahan USC Upstate
INF Troy Hamilton USC Upstate
INF Brayden Simpson High Point
INF Jack Gorman Presbyterian
OF Jace Rinehart USC Upstate
OF Konni Durschlag High Point
OF Cade Conway Charleston Southern
DH Noah Sullivan USC Upstate
P Mathieu Curtis USC Upstate
P Brett Wozniak High Point
UTL Sam Massey Charleston Southern

References

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  1. ^ "Big South Conference Baseball Standings". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  3. ^ "Charleston Southern-Presbyterian Boxscore". csusports.com. Charleston Southern Buccaneers. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  4. ^ "USC Upstate-High Point Boxscore". highpointpanthers.com. High Point Panters. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  5. ^ "USC Upstate-Presbyterian Boxscore". upstatespartans.com. USC Upstate Spartans. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  6. ^ "Charleston Southern-High Point Boxscore". highpointpanthers.com. High Point Panters. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  7. ^ "Charleston Southern-USC Upstate Boxscore". upstatespartans.com. USC Upstate Spartans. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
  8. ^ "High Point-USC Upstate Boxscore". highpointpanthers.com. High Point Panthers. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  9. ^ "#2 High Point Wins 2024 Big South Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.