2012 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament took place at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, SC from May 23 through May 27. The final game was televised on ESPN3

2012 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament

2012 SoCon baseball tournament logo
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Fluor Field at the West End Greenville, South Carolina
Champions	Samford (1 title)
Winning coach	Casey Dunn (1 title)
MVP	Josh Martin, Samford
Television	ESPN3

2012 Southern Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Appalachian State  ‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9		.700			38	–	14		.731
College of Charleston  ‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9		.700			37	–	18		.673
Elon  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			31	–	24		.564
Samford  ‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	11		.633			35	–	21		.625
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			32	–	22		.593
Georgia Southern  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			30	–	26		.536
Furman  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			26	–	29		.473
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			24	–	31		.436
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			25	–	27		.481
Davidson  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			22	–	32		.407
Wofford  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			17	–	31		.354
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship As of May 20, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams in the conference standings participated, leaving three UNC Greensboro, Wofford, and Davidson out.[2]

Samford went 4-0 to win the tournament, clinching the conference's automatic berth in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and the school's first ever Regional appearance. 2012 also marks the school's first baseball championship since joining the Southern Conference in 2008.

Seeding

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Appalachian State	21	9	.700	–	1
College of Charleston	21	9	.700	–	2
Elon	20	10	.667	1	3
Samford	19	11	.633	2	4
Western Carolina	16	14	.533	5	5
Georgia Southern	15	15	.500	6	6
The Citadel	13	17	.433	8	7
Furman	13	17	.433	8	8
UNC Greensboro	10	20	.333	11	–
Wofford	9	21	.300	12	–
Davidson	8	22	.267	13	–

• Appalachian State earned the tiebreaker over College of Charleston after winning the regular season series 8-6, 8-2, 3-8
• The Citadel earned the tiebreaker over Furman after winning the regular season series 7-0, 3-1, 6-8

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	7	The Citadel	8*
	2	College of Charleston	6
						7	The Citadel	1
						6	Georgia Southern	8
	6	Georgia Southern	19
	3	Elon	2
											6	Georgia Southern	10	-
										3	Elon	7	-
	2	College of Charleston	12
	3	Elon	14
						7	The Citadel	3
						3	Elon	7
																6	Georgia Southern	6
																4	Samford	9*
	8	Furman	5
	1	Appalachian State	7
						1	Appalachian State	7
						4	Samford	12
	5	Western Carolina	0
	4	Samford	7
											4	Samford	12	-
										8	Furman	2	-
	8	Furman	9
	5	Western Carolina	8
						1	Appalachian State	4
						8	Furman	13

[3]

• As tournament host, game order and times would have been adjusted to allow Furman to play the 5:00 pm game as long as it remained in the winner's bracket.
• * denotes extra innings
• The first round game between Georgia Southern and Elon tied the Southern Conference Tournament record for largest margin of victory at 17.
• The first round elimination game between Elon and College of Charleston broke the Southern Conference Tournament record with 39 combined hits (21 for Elon, 18 for College of Charleston).
• The championship game was a rematch of the 2011 championship game where Georgia Southern defeated Samford 1-0.

All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
SP	Justin Hess	Georgia Southern
SP	Josh Martin	Samford
RP	C.K. Irby	Samford
C	Chase Griffin	Georgia Southern
1B	Ryan Kinsella	Elon
2B	Tyler Avera	Georgia Southern
2B	Zeth Stone	Samford
SS	Austin Allison	Samford
3B	Chris Ohmstede	Furman
OF	Taylor Johnson	Furman
OF	Phillip Ervin	Samford
OF	Brandon Miller	Samford
DH	Garren Palmer	Georgia Southern

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Josh Martin

Samford

[4]

References

1. "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
2. "2012 SoCon Baseball Championship". SoConSports.com. Archived from the original on 2011-11-23. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
3. "2012 Southern Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). SoConSports.com. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
4. "Tenth-Inning Triple Propels Samford to First SoCon Title". SoConSports.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.