2018 Southern Conference Tournament

The 2018 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Fluor Field in Greenville, SC. #2 Samford University defeated #5 Mercer University for the title. Brooks Carlson of Samford was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	18-3	Link Jarrett
2	Samford University	16-8	Casey Dunn
3	Wofford College	15-9	Todd Interdonato
4	Virginia Military Institute	12-12	Jonathan Hadra
5	Mercer University	11-13	Craig Gibson
6	East Tennessee State University	11-13	Joe Pennucci
7	Furman University	9-12	Brett Harker
8	The Citadel	8-16	Tony Skole
9	Western Carolina University	5-19	Bobby Moranda

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	UNC Greensboro	2
	9	Western Carolina	10
						9	Western Carolina	0
						5	Mercer	15
	4	VMI	0
	5	Mercer	19
											5	Mercer	3
											2	Samford	10
	2	Samford	4
	7	Furman	0
						2	Samford	5
						3	Wofford	2
	3	Wofford	8
	6	East Tennessee St.	7																		2	Samford	14
																					5	Mercer	4
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						3	Wofford	7
	1	UNC Greensboro	11			1	UNC Greensboro	15								5	Mercer	10
	4	VMI	7								1	UNC Greensboro	4			9	Western Carolina	2
											9	Western Carolina	8
						9	Western Carolina	11
	7	Furman	2			6	East Tennessee St.	8
	6	East Tennessee St.	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	Western Carolina University	6-5	The Citadel	single elimination, Western Carolina advances
May 23
Game 2	Mercer University	19-0 (7)	Virginia Military Institute
Game 3	Western Carolina University	10-2	University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Game 4	Samford University	4-0	Furman University
Game 5	Wofford College	8-7 (10)	East Tennessee State University
May 24
Game 6	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	11-7	Virginia Military Institute	VMI eliminated
Game 7	East Tennessee State University	5-2	Furman University	Furman eliminated
Game 8	Mercer University	15-0 (7)	Western Carolina University
Game 9	Samford University	5-2	Wofford College
May 25
Game 10	Western Carolina University	11-8	East Tennessee State University	East Tennessee State eliminated
Game 11	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	15-7	Wofford College	Wofford eliminated
May 26
Game 12	Samford University	10-3	Mercer University
Game 13	Western Carolina University	8-4	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	UNC Greensboro eliminated
Game 14	Mercer University	10-2	Western Carolina University	Western Carolina eliminated
Game 15	Samford University	14-4 (7)	Mercer University	Samford advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• SP Samuel Strickland Samford
• SP Taylor Purus, Western Carolina
• RP Wyatt Burns, Samford
• C Anthony Mulrine, Samford
• 1B Justin Sparks, Western Carolina
• 2B Jackson Ware, Mercer
• SS Cameron Blaquiere, Western Carolina
• 3B Cade Gilbert, East Tennessee St.
• OF Trey Truitt, Mercer
• OF Andrew Moritz, UNC Greensboro
• OF McClain Bradley, Wofford
• DH Brooks Carlson, Samford