2009 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2009 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #2 Georgia Southern University defeated #1 Elon University for the title. Kyle Blackburn of Georgia Southern was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Elon University	23-4	Mike Kennedy
2	Georgia Southern University	20-8	Rodney Hennon
3	The Citadel	20-10	Fred Jordan
4	Western Carolina University	19-10	Bobby Moranda
5	College of Charleston	17-13	Monte Lee
6	Appalachian State University	15-13	Chris Pollard
7	Davidson College	11-16	Dick Cooke
8	Furman University	10-20	Ron Smith

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Re-ordered Semifinals						Finals
	1	Elon	10
	8	Furman	8
						1	Elon	15
						4	Western Carolina	7
	4	Western Carolina	12
	5	Charleston	4
											1	Elon	1	8
										3	The Citadel	5	7
	8	Furman	6
	5	Charleston	5
						4	Western Carolina	6
						8	Furman	7
																1	Elon	3	x	x
																2	Georgia Southern	7	x	x
	2	Georgia Southern	4
	7	Davidson	3
						2	Georgia Southern	6
						6	Appalachian St.	5
	3	The Citadel	1
	6	Appalachian St.	4
											2	Georgia Southern	16	x
										8	Furman	4	x
	7	Davidson	8
	3	The Citadel	9
						6	Appalachian St.	3
						3	The Citadel	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	Georgia Southern University	4-3 (11)	Davidson College
Game 2	Appalachian State University	4-1	The Citadel
Game 3	Elon University	10-8	Furman University
Game 4	Western Carolina University	12-4	College of Charleston
May 21
Game 5	The Citadel	9-8	Davidson College	Davidson eliminated
Game 6	Furman University	6-5	College of Charleston	Charleston eliminated
Game 7	Georgia Southern University	6-5	Appalachian State University
Game 8	Elon University	15-7	Western Carolina University
May 22
Game 9	The Citadel	5-3	Appalachian State University	Appalachian State eliminated
Game 10	Furman University	7-6	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
May 23
Game 11	The Citadel	5-1	Elon University
Game 12	Georgia Southern University	16-4	Furman University	Furman eliminated
Game 13	Elon University	8-7	The Citadel	Citadel eliminated
May 24
Game 14	Georgia Southern University	7-3	Elon University	Georgia Southern advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

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