2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament
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Collegiate baseball tournament
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Liberty (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Dave Pastors (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jason Suitt (Liberty) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty †‡y | 14 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .737 | 36 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .610 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 14 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .667 | 31 | – | 31 | – | 1 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 12 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .632 | 28 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 11 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .524 | 34 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .586 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 11 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .524 | 33 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 7 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .333 | 30 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .476 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 7 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .333 | 26 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point | 6 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .286 | 22 | – | 36 | – | 1 | .381 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2000[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2000 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 17 through 20 at Charles Watson Stadium, home field of regular season champion Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Liberty, won the title for the third time, and second in three seasons, and earned an invitation to the 2000 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
Format
[edit ]All teams qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through eight based on conference winning percentage and played a double-elimination tournament.[2]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty | 14 | 5 | .737 | — | 1 |
| Charleston Southern | 14 | 7 | .667 | 1 | 2 |
| Radford | 12 | 7 | .632 | 2 | 3 |
| Coastal Carolina | 11 | 10 | .542 | 4 | 4 |
| Elon | 11 | 10 | .542 | 4 | 5 |
| Winthrop | 7 | 14 | .333 | 8 | 6 |
| UNC Asheville | 7 | 14 | .333 | 8 | 7 |
| High Point | 6 | 15 | .286 | 9 | 8 |
Bracket and results
[edit ] Upper round 1 Upper round 2 Upper final Final
1 Liberty 7
8 High Point 4
1 Liberty 5
4 Coastal Carolina 2
4 Coastal Carolina 1
5 Elon 0
1 Liberty 4
6 Winthrop 2
3 Radford 5
6 Winthrop 7
6 Winthrop 813
2 Charleston Southern 7
7 UNC Asheville 4 1 Liberty 3 —
2 Charleston Southern 0 —
Lower round 1 Lower round 2 Lower round 3 Lower final
2 Charleston Southern 6
8 High Point 5 8 High Point 2 6 Winthrop 1
5 Elon 4 2 Charleston Southern 3 2 Charleston Southern 9
7 UNC Asheville 1
4 Coastal Carolina 0
3 Radford 1 7 UNC Asheville 3
7 UNC Asheville 2
All-Tournament Team
[edit ]| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Keith Butler | Liberty |
| Matt Coenen | Charleston Southern |
| Richard Gommersall | Charleston Southern |
| Todd Leathers | Winthrop |
| Ted Malikowski | Charleston Southern |
| Brandon Powell | Coastal Carolina |
| Patrick Siemers | Charleston Southern |
| Jason Suitt | Liberty |
| Jay Sullenger | Liberty |
| Josh Ury | Winthrop |
| Larry York | Liberty |
| Fred Wray | Radford |
Most Valuable Player
[edit ]Jason Suitt was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Suitt was a pitcher for Liberty.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ^ a b c "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved August 12, 2020.