1988 Southern Conference Tournament

The 1988 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at McCormick Park in Asheville, NC. Western Carolina University defeated The Citadel for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
North 1	Virginia Military Institute	11-7	Paul Maini
North 2	Appalachian State University	9-7	Jim Morris
South 1	Western Carolina University	14-3	Jack Leggett
South 2	The Citadel	12-6	Chal Port

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

N1

VMI

8

S2

The Citadel

9

S2

The Citadel

4

S1

Western Carolina

6

S1

Western Carolina

18

N2

Appalachian St.

8

S1

Western Carolina

22

x

S2

The Citadel

6

x

S2

The Citadel

16

N1

VMI

4

N2

Appalachian St.

9

N2

Appalachian St.

11

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	The Citadel	9-8	Virginia Military Institute
Game 2	Western Carolina University	18-8	Appalachian State University
Game 3	Appalachian State University	11-4	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
Game 4	Western Carolina University	6-4	The Citadel
Game 5	The Citadel	16-9	Appalachian State University	Appalachian State eliminated
Game 6	Western Carolina University	22-6	The Citadel	Western Carolina advances to NCAA tournament