2010 Big South Conference baseball tournament


The 2010 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 25 through 29 at Winthrop Ballpark, home field of Winthrop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The top eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Coastal Carolina, won the title for the eleventh time, and earned an invitation to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2010 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCoastal Carolina (11th title)
Winning coachGary Gilmore (8th title)
MVPDaniel Bowman (Coastal Carolina)
2010 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 11 Coastal Carolina  ‍y 25 0   1.000 55 10   .846
Liberty  ‍‍‍ 19 8   .704 43 18   .705
Radford  ‍‍‍ 16 10   .615 34 24   .586
High Point  ‍‍‍ 1 26   .037 2 58   .033
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 29 28   .509
VMI  ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 34 21   .618
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 20 32   .385
Gardner–Webb  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 27 28   .491
Presbyterian  ‍‍‍ 9 18   .333 17 37   .315
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 9 17   .346 20 35   .364
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
  • High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player.
    As of June 30, 2010[1]
    Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

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The top eight finishers from the round-robin regular season 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]

High Point forfeited several games due to the use of an ineligible player. The standings template at right reflects the results after the forfeits, while the table below shows the results of games played in order to accurately reflect seeding.[2][3]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Coastal Carolina 25 0 1.000 1
Liberty 19 8 .704 7 2
Radford 15 11 .577 10.5 3
High Point 15 12 .556 11 4
VMI 13 14 .481 13 5
Winthrop 13 14 .481 13 6
Gardner–Webb 10 17 .370 16 7
UNC Asheville 10 17 .370 16 8
Presbyterian 7 20 .259 19
Charleston Southern 6 20 .231 19.5

Bracket and results

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Play-in round

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Team R
7 Gardner–Webb 4
6 VMI 7
Team R
8 UNC Asheville 3
5 Winthrop 4

Double-elimination rounds

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Coastal Carolina11
6VMI21Coastal Carolina11
3Radford9
3Radford81Coastal Carolina
4High Point104High Point
4High Point21Coastal Carolina8
2Liberty12Liberty2
2Liberty74High Point5
5Winthrop22Liberty92Liberty9
5Winthrop115Winthrop7
6VMI6

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
Daniel Bowman Coastal Carolina
Tyler Bream Liberty
Chas Crane Winthrop
Steven Evans Liberty
Chance Gilmore Coastal Carolina
Tommy La Stella Coastal Carolina
Anthony Meo Coastal Carolina
Mike Mercurio High Point
Kenneth Negron Liberty
Eddie Rohan Winthrop
Pablo Rosario High Point
Rich Witten Coastal Carolina

Most Valuable Player

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Daniel Bowman was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bowman was an outfielder for Coastal Carolina.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 2010". Boyd's World. Retrieved October 4, 2020.