2013 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Site	Liberty Baseball Stadium Lynchburg, VA
Champions	Liberty (4th title)
Winning coach	Jim Toman (1st title)
MVP	Ashton Perritt (Liberty)
Big South Conference Baseball Tournament «2012  2014»

2013 Big South Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
North
Campbell ^x	19	–	5	–	0		.792			49	–	10	–	0		.831
High Point	15	–	9	–	0		.625			29	–	29	–	0		.500
Radford	14	–	10	–	0		.583			30	–	26	–	0		.536
Liberty ‡^y	13	–	11	–	0		.542			36	–	29	–	0		.554
Longwood	12	–	12	–	0		.500			26	–	28	–	0		.481
VMI	6	–	18	–	0		.250			20	–	35	–	0		.364
South
Coastal Carolina ^x^y	18	–	6	–	0		.750			37	–	23	–	0		.617
Gardner-Webb	12	–	11	–	0		.522			29	–	27	–	1		.518
Charleston Southern	11	–	13	–	0		.458			22	–	34	–	0		.393
Presbyterian	10	–	14	–	0		.417			24	–	32	–	0		.429
Winthrop	8	–	15	–	0		.348			21	–	33	–	0		.389
UNC Asheville	4	–	18	–	0		.182			16	–	35	–	0		.314
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's twelve teams met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Liberty Baseball Stadium on the campus of Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA. In the championship game, fifth-seeded Liberty defeated first-seeded Campbell, 2-1, to win its fourth tournament championship. As a result, Liberty earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2]

Seeding and format

With the introduction of division play in 2013, the division winners were seeded one and two, and the next six finishers from the regular season, regardless of division, were seeded three through eight based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament, with the winners of each bracket facing off in a single elimination final.^[3]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
North Division
Campbell	19	5	.792	–	1
High Point	15	9	.625	4	3
Radford	14	10	.583	5	4
Liberty	13	11	.542	6	5
Longwood	12	12	.500	7	7
VMI	6	18	.250	13	–
South Division
Coastal Carolina	18	6	.750	–	2
Gardner-Webb	12	11	.522	5.5	6
Charleston Southern	11	13	.458	7	8
Presbyterian	10	14	.417	8	–
Winthrop	8	15	.348	9.5	–
UNC Asheville	4	18	.182	13	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Campbell	4
	8	Charleston Southern	0
						1	Campbell	4
						4	Radford	3
	4	Radford	6
	5	Liberty	3
											2	Coastal Carolina	8
										5	Liberty	9
	8	Charleston Southern	1
	5	Liberty	2
						4	Radford	2
						5	Liberty	3
																5	Liberty	2
																1	Campbell	1
	2	Coastal Carolina	6
	7	Longwood	1
						2	Coastal Carolina	3
						6	Gardner-Webb	2
	3	High Point	2
	6	Gardner-Webb	8
											1	Campbell	8
										7	Longwood	6
	7	Longwood	11
	3	High Point	3
						6	Gardner-Webb	5
						7	Longwood	6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.

POS	Player	Team
INF	Michael Felton	Campbell
INF	Dalton Britt	Liberty
INF	Jake Kimble	Liberty
INF	Matt Dickason	Longwood
OF	Alex Buccilli	Coastal Carolina
OF	Colton Convicka	Longwood
OF	Justin Sizemore	Liberty
C	Trey Wimmer	Liberty
P	Ryan Thompson	Campbell
P	Blake Fulghum	Liberty
DH	Ted Blackman	Coastal Carolina
UTL	Ashton Perritt	Liberty

Most Valuable Player

Liberty outfielder/pitcher Ashton Perritt was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

References

1. "Baseball 2013 Season Stats". Big South Conference. Retrieved February 15, 2014.
2. "2013 Big South Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
3. "Big South Announces Seedings for 2013 Baseball Championship". Big South Conference. May 18, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.