2009 Southern Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2009 Southern Conference
baseball tournamentTeams| 8

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Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

* Fluor Field at the West End
* Greenville, South Carolina

Champions| Georgia Southern (4th title)
Winning coach| Rodney Hennon (3rd title)
MVP| Kyle Blackburn (Georgia Southern)
Attendance| 17,820

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2009 Southern Conference baseball standings

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| Conf |  |  | Overall

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Elon ‍†‍‍y | 23 | - | 4 |  | .852 |  |  | 41 | - | 18 |  | .695
Georgia Southern ‍‍‡‍y | 20 | - | 8 |  | .714 |  |  | 42 | - | 17 |  | .712
The Citadel ‍‍‍ | 20 | - | 10 |  | .667 |  |  | 37 | - | 22 |  | .627
Western Carolina ‍‍‍ | 19 | - | 10 |  | .655 |  |  | 35 | - | 22 |  | .614
College of Charleston ‍‍‍ | 17 | - | 13 |  | .567 |  |  | 35 | - | 22 |  | .614
Appalachian State ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 13 |  | .536 |  |  | 33 | - | 21 |  | .611
Davidson ‍‍‍ | 11 | - | 16 |  | .407 |  |  | 18 | - | 31 |  | .367
Furman ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 20 |  | .333 |  |  | 24 | - | 31 |  | .436
Samford ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 21 |  | .300 |  |  | 17 | - | 35 |  | .327
UNC Greensboro ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 22 |  | .241 |  |  | 20 | - | 29 |  | .408
Wofford ‍‍‍ | 7 | - | 22 |  | .241 |  |  | 17 | - | 32 |  | .347
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2009[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 20 through 24. Second seeded Georgia Southern won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Georgia Southern's fourth SoCon tournament win.

The tournament used a modified two bracket, double-elimination format. The teams that emerge from the loser's bracket on each side switch to the other bracket and play the team emerging from each winner's bracket, with the surviving teams playing a one-game final. Only the top eight teams participate, so Wofford, UNC Greensboro, and Davidson were not in the field.

## Seeding

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Elon | 23  | 4  | 0  | .852  | –  | 1
Georgia Southern | 20  | 8  | 0  | .714  | 3.5  | 2
The Citadel | 20  | 10  | 0  | .667  | 4.5  | 3
Western Carolina | 19  | 10  | 0  | .655  | 5  | 4
College of Charleston | 17  | 13  | 0  | .567  | 7.5  | 5
Appalachian State | 15  | 13  | 0  | .536  | 8.5  | 6
Davidson | 11  | 16  | 0  | .407  | 12  | 7
Furman | 10  | 20  | 0  | .333  | 14.5  | 8
Samford | 9  | 21  | 0  | .300  | 15.5  |
UNC Greensboro | 7  | 21  | 0  | .250  | 16.5  |
Wofford | 7  | 22  | 0  | .241  | 17.5  |

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## Brackets

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### Bracket One

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals
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| 7| Davidson| 3
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| 2| Georgia Southern| 4| |
| | | 2| Georgia Southern| 6
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| 3| The Citadel| 1| |
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| | | 2| Georgia Southern|
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| 3| The Citadel| 9| | | 3| The Citadel| 5| |
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| 7| Davidson| 8| | |
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### Bracket Two

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| 8| Furman| 8
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| 1| Elon| 10| |
| | | 1| Elon| 15
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| | | 4| Western Carolina| 7| |
| 5| College of Charleston| 4| | | |
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| 4| Western Carolina| 12| |
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| 5| College of Charleston| 5| | | 8| Furman| 7| |
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### Final

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Sunday, May 24  Team | R

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#2 Georgia Southern | 7
#1 Elon | 3

## Game summaries

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### Round One

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Wednesday, May 20 9:10 am  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E

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#7 Davidson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2
#2 Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 2
WP: Kyle Kamppi  LP: Thomas Middour
Attendance: 791
Boxscore
Wednesday, May 20 2:01 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#6 Appalachian State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 1
#3 The Citadel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 1
WP: Zach Quate  LP: Wes Wrenn
Attendance: 1,274
Boxscore
Wednesday, May 20 6:11 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#8 Furman | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 3
#1 Elon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | X | 10 | 14 | 1
WP: Jared Kernodle  LP: Nick Karow  Sv: Thomas Girdwood
Home runs:
FU: None
EU: Tarleton, Melillo
Attendance: 1,407
Boxscore
Wednesday, May 20 10:11 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#5 College of Charleston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 2
#4 Western Carolina | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | X | 12 | 20 | 0
WP: Chris Masters  LP: Jesse Simpson
Home runs:
CofC: Sizemore, Rakar
WCU: Lyons
Attendance: 667
Boxscore

### Round Two

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Thursday, May 21 9:00 am  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#3 The Citadel | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 3
#7 Davidson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 1
WP: Drew Mahaffey  LP: Thomas Middour
Home runs:
Cid: McGuiness
DAV: Brady
Attendance: 505
Notes: Davidson eliminated
Boxscore
Thursday, May 21 1:28 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#5 College of Charleston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1
#8 Furman | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 2
WP: Bobby Lyne  LP: Curtis Dowling  Sv: Nick Karow
Home runs:
CofC: None
FU: Rose, Miller
Attendance: 1,052
Notes: College of Charleston eliminated
Boxscore
Thursday, May 21 5:05 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#2 Georgia Southern | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0
#6 Appalachian State | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 1
WP: Jake Brown  LP: Josh Dowdy  Sv: Dexter Bobo
Home runs:
GSU: Wright
ASU: Benedict, Blackburn 2
Attendance: 1,112
Boxscore
Thursday, May 21 5:06 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#1 Elon | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 1
#4 Western Carolina | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2
WP: Daniel Britt  LP: Garrett Ozar
Home runs:
EU: CAustin 2, Davis
WCU: Lyons
Attendance: 884
Boxscore

### Round Three

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Friday, May 22 3:00 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#6 Appalachian State | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 0
#3 The Citadel | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 11 | 1
WP: Matt Crim  LP: Matt Andress
Home runs:
ASU: None
Cid: Meade
Attendance: 1,196
Notes: Appalachian State eliminated
Boxscore
Friday, May 22 6:59 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#4 Western Carolina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2
#8 Furman | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 10 | 1
WP: J.P. Goldsberry  LP: Mike Tavernier
Home runs:
WCU: Rollison
FU: None
Attendance: 1,772
Notes: Furman eliminated
Boxscore

### Round Four

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Saturday, May 23 9:02 am  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#3 The Citadel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0
#1 Elon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3
WP: Asher Wojciechowski  LP: Tom Porter
Home runs:
Cid: None
EU: Greene
Attendance: 1,235
Boxscore
Saturday, May 23 1:00 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#8 Furman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 3
#2 Georgia Southern | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | 16 | 15 | 1
WP: Matt Murray  LP: Marc DeDecker
Home runs:
FU: Wright, Bowles
GSU: Lewis
Attendance: 1,809
Notes: Furman eliminated
Boxscore
Saturday, May 23 5:00 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#1 Elon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 1
#3 The Citadel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 1
WP: Jordan Darnell  LP: T.J. Clarkson  Sv: Thomas Girdwood
Home runs:
EU: CAustin, Melillo,
Cid: Orvin, RJones 2, McGuiness
Attendance: 1,718
Notes: The Citadel eliminated
Boxscore

### Final

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Sunday, May 24 2:08 pm  Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E

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#2 Georgia Southern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0
#1 Elon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1
WP: Chris Mederos  LP: J.D. Reichenbach
Home runs:
GSU: Blackburn
EU: None
Attendance: 2,388
Notes: Georgia Southern wins
Boxscore

## All-Tournament Team

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Position  | Player  | School

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SP  | Asher Wojciechowski | The Citadel
SP  | Chris Maderos  | Georgia Southern
RP  | Thomas Girdwood  | Elon
C  | Richard Jones  | The Citadel
1B  | David Towarnicky  | Appalachian State
2B  | Marcus Rose  | Furman
SS  | Brent Greer  | Western Carolina
3B  | Chase Austin  | Elon
OF  | Sonny Meade  | The Citadel
OF  | Pat Irvine  | Elon
OF  | Ty Wright  | Georgia Southern
DH  | Kyle Blackburn  | Georgia Southern

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Kyle Blackburn

Georgia Southern

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## References

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1. ^ "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
2. ^ "2009 Southern Conference Baseball Standings & Leaders". Retrieved January 16, 2012.
3. ^ "2012 Southern Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved January 16, 2012.

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