1997 Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1997 Tennessee-Virginia Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 3-8 at Hunter Wright Stadium in Kingsport, TN. The winner of the regular season crown Virginia Intermont College received an automatic berth in the NAIA Regional Tournaments. The other seven teams in the conference competed for the conference's 2nd bid. #2 Tennessee Wesleyan College defeated #6 Bluefield College for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
2	Tennessee Wesleyan College		Jeff Smith
3	Montreat College		Darin Chaplain
4	Milligan College		Doug Jennett
5	Clinch Valley College		Hank Banner
6	Bluefield College
7	Alice Lloyd College		Scott Cornett
8	King College		Danny Burnett

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						2	Tennessee Wesleyan	7
						6	Bluefield	4
	5	Clinch Valley	6
	6	Bluefield	17
											2	Tennessee Wesleyan	9
											3	Montreat	6
	3	Montreat	11
	8	King	1
						3	Montreat	2
						4	Milligan	0
	4	Milligan	9
	7	Alice Lloyd	5																		2	Tennessee Wesleyan	6	x
																					6	Bluefield	4	x
	Loser's Bracket
	8	King	7
	7	Alice Lloyd	8			6	Bluefield	14
						7	Alice Lloyd	3
											4	Milligan	2
											5	Clinch Valley	5			6	Bluefield	3
						3	Montreat	13								3	Montreat	2
						5	Clinch Valley	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 3
Game 1	Montreat College	11-1	King College
Game 2	Milligan College	9-5	Alice Lloyd College
Game 3	Bluefield College	17-6	Clinch Valley College
May 5
Game 4	Montreat College	2-0	Milligan College
Game 5	Tennessee Wesleyan College	7-4	Bluefield College
May 6
Game 6	Alice Lloyd College	8-7	King College	King eliminated
Game 7	Clinch Valley College	5-2	Milligan College	Milligan eliminated
Game 8	Tennessee Wesleyan College	9-6	Montreat College
May 7
Game 9	Bluefield College	14-3	Alice Lloyd College	Alice Lloyd eliminated
Game 10	Montreat College	13-9	Clinch Valley College	Clinch Valley eliminated
Game 11	Bluefield College	3-2	Montreat College	Montreat eliminated
May 8
Game 12	Tennessee Wesleyan College	6-4	Bluefield College	Tennessee Wesleyan advances to NAIA Regional Tournament