2018 Big South Conference baseball tournament


The 2018 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Liberty Baseball Stadium in Lynchburg, Virginia. The tournament champion, Campbell, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2018 Big South Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCampbell (4th title)
Winning coachJustin Haire (1st title)
TelevisionBig South Network (Days 1, 3)
ESPN+ (Day 2)
ESPN3 (Day 4)
ESPNU (Championship)
2018 Big South Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Campbell ‍‍‍ 21 6   .778 31 23   .574
High Point ‍‍‍ 19 8   .704 32 21   .604
Liberty ‍‍‍ 17 10   .630 29 24   .547
Winthrop ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 24 29   .453
Gardner–Webb ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 29 25   .537
Radford ‍‍‍ 14 13   .519 24 30   .444
Charleston Southern ‍‍‍ 10 17   .370 19 34   .358
Longwood ‍‍‍ 9 18   .333 17 36   .321
Presbyterian ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 15 39   .278
UNC Asheville ‍‍‍ 8 19   .296 13 38   .255
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 22, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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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First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Campbell 8
8 Longwood 1
1 Campbell 8
5 Gardner-Webb 3
4 Winthrop 5
5 Gardner Webb 7
1 Campbell 5 6
3 Liberty 10 4
8 Longwood 4
4 Winthrop 7
4 Winthrop 4
5 Gardner-Webb 5
1 Campbell 7
2 High Point 5
2 High Point 6 11
7 Charleston Southern 5
2 High Point 6
6 Radford 3
3 Liberty 1
6 Radford 4
2 High Point 4 X
5 Gardner-Webb 1 X
7 Charleston Southern 2
3 Liberty 4
3 Liberty 310
6 Radford 2

References

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  1. ^ "Big South Conference Standings". d1baseball.com. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. ^ "2017-18 Big South Championship Schedule". Big South Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.[permanent dead link]