Classification Division | Teams 10 | |
Format two bracket Double-elimination tournament
with championship game Site Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park
Charleston, SC Champions Georgia Southern (6th title) Winning coach Rodney Hennon (5th title) | ||
The 2014 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20 through May 25 at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The annual event determined the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. Georgia Southern won the tournament for the sixth time, earning the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. This is the last of 18 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year.
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The tournament was originally held from 1950-53, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Western Carolina has claimed nine championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Georgia Southern and Furman are the only other schools with multiple championships, winning five and two, respectively. Davidson and UNC Greensboro are the only current members to never win a title.
The tournament returned to Charleston for the first time since 2011 after spending the previous two seasons in Greenville, South Carolina. Charleston has hosted the event more than any other city.
Seeding and format
All ten teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom four seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The remaining teams will then be divided into two brackets and play double-elimination tournaments. The winners of each bracket will play a single championship game.
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Georgia Southern reliever Jason Richman, one of four Eagles selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.