1990 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 1990 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from April 26 through 29. Top seeded The Citadel won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Division I baseball tournament en route to their appearance in the 1990 College World Series. It was the Bulldogs first tournament win.

1990 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams7
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsThe Citadel (1st title)
Winning coachChal Port (1st title)

The tournament used a double-elimination format. All seven teams participated, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

The 1990 event was the first of nineteen consecutive SoCon tournaments held in Charleston; first at College Park, then at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park beginning with that stadium's opening in 1997.

Seeding

edit
Team W L Pct GB Seed
The Citadel 13 1 .929
1
Western Carolina 10 7 .588
4.5
2
Marshall 10 7 .588
4.5
3
VMI 6 8 .429
7
4
Appalachian State 6 9 .400
7.5
5
Furman 6 11 .353
8.5
6
East Tennessee State 4 12 .250
10
7

[1]

Results

edit

Game results

edit
Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
April 26 1 Western Carolina 6–1 East Tennessee State
2 Marshall 5–2 Furman
3 Appalachian State 9–2 VMI
April 27 4 Furman 10–910 VMI VMI eliminated
5 Marshall 3–1 Western Carolina
6 The Citadel 7–2 Appalachian State
7 East Tennessee State 5–2 Furman Furman eliminated
April 28 8 Western Carolina 5–4 Appalachian State
9 The Citadel 9–2 Marshall
10 Western Carolina 11–3 Marshall Marshall eliminated
11 The Citadel 6–0 East Tennessee State East Tennessee State eliminated
April 29 12 Western Carolina 5–4 Appalachian State Appalachian State eliminated
13 The Citadel 9–5 Western Carolina The Citadel wins SoCon Tournament

[2]

All-Tournament Team

edit

The 1990 event was the first at which an All-Tournament team was named.

Position Player School
P Richard Shirer The Citadel
C Gettys Glaze The Citadel
1B Brad Niethammer Appalachian State
2B Grant Brittain Western Carolina
3B Doug Jones Appalachian State
SS Dave Piepenbrink Marshall
OF Billy Baker The Citadel
OF Chris Stone Furman
OF Rodney Tesh Western Carolina
DH Mike Hilton Western Carolina
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Billy Baker
The Citadel

[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  2. ^ 2011 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved April 22, 2012.
  3. ^ 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved April 22, 2012.