2012 Southern Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

2012 Southern Conference
baseball tournament

2012 SoCon baseball tournament logo

Teams| 8
Format| Double-elimination tournament
Finals site|

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

Champions| Samford (1 title)
Winning coach| Casey Dunn (1 title)
MVP| Josh Martin (Samford)
Television| ESPN3

* ← 2011
* Southern Conference baseball tournament
* 2013 →

2012 Southern Conference baseball standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | PCT |  |  | W |  | L |  | PCT
Appalachian State ‍†‍‍y | 21 | - | 9 |  | .700 |  |  | 38 | - | 14 |  | .731
College of Charleston ‍†‍‍y | 21 | - | 9 |  | .700 |  |  | 37 | - | 18 |  | .673
Elon ‍‍‍ | 20 | - | 10 |  | .667 |  |  | 31 | - | 24 |  | .564
Samford ‍‍‡‍y | 19 | - | 11 |  | .633 |  |  | 35 | - | 21 |  | .625
Western Carolina ‍‍‍ | 16 | - | 14 |  | .533 |  |  | 32 | - | 22 |  | .593
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍ | 15 | - | 15 |  | .500 |  |  | 30 | - | 26 |  | .536
Furman ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 17 |  | .433 |  |  | 26 | - | 29 |  | .473
The Citadel ‍‍‍ | 13 | - | 17 |  | .433 |  |  | 24 | - | 31 |  | .436
UNC Greensboro ‍‍‍ | 10 | - | 20 |  | .333 |  |  | 25 | - | 27 |  | .481
Davidson ‍‍‍ | 9 | - | 21 |  | .300 |  |  | 22 | - | 32 |  | .407
Wofford ‍‍‍ | 8 | - | 22 |  | .267 |  |  | 17 | - | 31 |  | .354
† - Conference champion
‡ - Tournament champion
y - Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 20, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Southern Conference baseball tournament took place at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina, from May 23 through 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.[2]

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

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Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed

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Appalachian State | 21 | 9 | .700 | – | 1
College of Charleston | 21 | 9 | .700 | – | 2
Elon | 20 | 10 | .667 | 1 | 3
Samford | 19 | 11 | .633 | 2 | 4
Western Carolina | 16 | 14 | .533 | 5 | 5
Georgia Southern | 15 | 15 | .500 | 6 | 6
The Citadel | 13 | 17 | .433 | 8 | 7
Furman | 13 | 17 | .433 | 8 | 8
UNC Greensboro | 10 | 20 | .333 | 11 | –
Wofford | 9 | 21 | .300 | 12 | –
Davidson | 8 | 22 | .267 | 13 | –

* 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

## Results

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| First round| | | Second round| | | Semifinals| | | Final
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| 7| The Citadel| 8*
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| 2| College of Charleston| 6| |
| | | 7| The Citadel| 1
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| | | 6| Georgia Southern| 8| |
| 6| Georgia Southern| 19| | | |
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| 3| Elon| 2| |
| | | 6| Georgia Southern| 10| -
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| | | 3| Elon| 7| -| |
| 2| College of Charleston| 12| | | | | | |
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| 3| Elon| 14| | | 7| The Citadel| 3
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| | | | 3| Elon| 7| |
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| 6| Georgia Southern| 6
| 8| Furman| 5| | |
| | | | | 4| Samford| 9*
| 1| Appalachian State| 7| | | | | | | |
| | | 1| Appalachian State| 7|
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| | | 4| Samford| 12| |
| 5| Western Carolina| 0| | | |
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| 4| Samford| 7| |
| | | 4| Samford| 12| -
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| | | 8| Furman| 2| -| |
| 8| Furman| 9| | | | | | |
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| 5| Western Carolina| 8| | | 1| Appalachian State| 4
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| | | | 8| Furman| 13| |
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* 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.

## All-Tournament Team

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Position  | Player  | School

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SP  | Justin Hess  | Georgia Southern
SP  | Josh Martin  | Samford
RP  | C.K. Irby  | Samford
C  | Chase Griffin  | Georgia Southern
1B  | Ryan Kinsella  | Elon
2B  | Tyler Avera  | Georgia Southern
2B  | Zeth Stone  | Samford
SS  | Austin Allison  | Samford
3B  | Chris Ohmstede  | Furman
OF  | Taylor Johnson  | Furman
OF  | Phillip Ervin | Samford
OF  | Brandon Miller  | Samford
DH  | Garren Palmer  | Georgia Southern
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Josh Martin
Samford

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## References

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1. ^ "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
2. ^ "2012 SoCon Baseball Championship". SoConSports.com. Archived from the original on November 23, 2011. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
3. ^ "2012 Southern Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 22, 2012.
4. ^ "Tenth-Inning Triple Propels Samford to First SoCon Title". SoConSports.com. Retrieved May 27, 2012.

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