2012 South Atlantic Conference Tournament
The 2012 South Atlantic Conference baseball tournament was held at McNair Field in Forest City, NC. #1 Tusculum College defeated #4 Wingate University for the title. Matt Henriksen of Tusculum was named MVP.
Participating Teams[edit]
| Seed | School | Conf. Record | Head Coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tusculum College | 24-3 | Doug Jones |
| 2 | Catawba College | 23-4 | Jim Gantt |
| 3 | Brevard College | 16-11 | Matt McCay |
| 4 | Wingate University | 14-13 | Jeff Gregory |
| 5 | Carson-Newman College | 13-14 | Tom Griffin |
| 6 | Newberry College | 12-15 | Russell Triplett |
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
| First round | Second round | Third round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Tusculum | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Newberry | 1 | 1 | Tusculum | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brevard | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Catawba | 5 | 1 | Tusculum | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Carson-Newman | 6 | 4 | Wingate | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Carson-Newman | 3 | 1 | Tusculum | 16 | x | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wingate | 6 | 4 | Wingate | 9 | x | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brevard | 4 | 4 | Wingate | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Wingate | 12 | 5 | Carson-Newman | 7 | 5 | Carson-Newman | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Newberry | 7 | 2 | Catawba | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Catawba | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Game Results[edit]
| Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 19 | ||||
| Game 1 | Tusculum College | 6-1 | Newberry College | |
| Game 2 | Carson-Newman College | 6-5 | Catawba College | |
| Game 3 | Wingate University | 12-4 | Brevard College | |
| April 20 | ||||
| Game 4 | Catawba College | 14-7 | Newberry College | Newberry eliminated |
| Game 5 | Tusculum College | 14-0 | Brevard College | Brevard eliminated |
| Game 6 | Wingate University | 6-3 | Carson-Newman College | |
| April 21 | ||||
| Game 7 | Tusculum College | 15-1 | Wingate University | |
| Game 8 | Carson-Newman College | 7-5 | Catawba College | Catawba eliminated |
| Game 9 | Wingate University | 17-2 | Carson-Newman College | Carson-Newman eliminated |
| April 22 | ||||
| Game 10 | Tusculum College | 16-9 | Wingate University | Tusculum advances to NCAA tournament |
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- C- Josh Clark, Wingate
- 1B- Brian Yeung, Wingate
- 1B- Albert Baur, Newberry
- 2B- Matt Henriksen, Tusculum
- 3B- Cade Stallings, Tusculum
- INF- Cameron Beard, Catawba
- 3B/OF- Zach Long, Carson-Newman
- CF- Casey Allison, Wingate
- LF- Thomas Spitz, Wingate
- LF- Alexi Colon, Tusculum
- OF- Champ Stuart, Brevard
- P- Nate King, Catawba
- P- Evan Faithful, Carson-Newman
- P- Adam Sigmon, Tusculum
- P- John-Austin Shepard, Tusculum


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