1998 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament

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1998 Big South Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsLiberty (2nd title)
Winning coach (1st title)
MVPDavid Dalton (Liberty)
1998 Big South Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Liberty  ‍†‍‡‍y 13 – 5   .722 32 – 29   .525
Coastal Carolina  ‍‍‍ 11 – 7   .611 31 – 29   .517
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 27 – 32   .458
Winthrop  ‍‍‍ 10 – 8   .556 35 – 22   .614
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍ 9 – 9   .500 24 – 29   .453
Radford  ‍‍‍ 7 – 11   .389 17 – 35   .327
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 3 – 15   .167 10 – 37   .213
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Big South Conference Baseball Tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 8–10, 1998 at Knights Stadium in Fort Mill, South Carolina. The top four finishers from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Liberty, won the title for the second time and earned an invitation to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

Format[]

The top four finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through four and played a double-elimination tournament.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Liberty 13 5 .722 — 1
Coastal Carolina 11 7 .611 2 2
UNC Asheville 10 8 .556 3 3
Winthrop 10 8 .556 3 4
Charleston Southern 9 9 .500 4 —
Radford 7 11 .389 6 —
UMBC 3 15 .167 10 —

Bracket and results[]

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Liberty 8  
4 Winthrop 5  
  1 Liberty 9  
  2 Coastal Carolina 6  
3 UNC Asheville 4
2 Coastal Carolina 10  
  1 Liberty 3 3
  2 Coastal Carolina 7 2
4 Winthrop 4  
3 UNC Asheville 5  
  2 Coastal Carolina 5
  3 UNC Asheville 2  

All-Tournament Team[]

Name School
Bryan Byler Liberty
Dorian Cameron Coastal Carolina
Darryl Craig Winthrop
David Dalton Liberty
John Humay Coastal Carolina
Rhett Johnson Coastal Carolina
Phil Kojack Liberty
Benji Miller Liberty
Jeremy Samatas Coastal Carolina
Kevin Schnall Coastal Carolina
Troy Stortz UNC Asheville
Shawn Vinju Coastal Carolina
Steve Wright Liberty

Most Valuable Player[]

David Dalton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Dalton was a shortstop for Liberty.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved July 11, 2020.
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