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2012 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

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Classification
  
Division

Champions
  
Samford (1 title)

Teams
  
8

Winning coach
  
Casey Dunn (1 title)

Format
  
Double-elimination tournament

Site
  
Fluor Field at the West End Greenville, South Carolina

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

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.

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

  • 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
  • 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.

    • References

    2012 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament Wikipedia
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