2008 Southern Conference baseball tournament

2008 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	10
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park; Charleston, South Carolina;
Champions	Elon (1st title)
Winning coach	Mike Kennedy (1st title)
MVP	Cory Harrilchak (Elon)
Attendance	15,144
	← 2007; Southern Conference baseball tournament; 2009 →;

The 2008 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 20 through 24. Top seeded Elon won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was Elon's first SoCon tournament win. Elon joined the conference beginning with the 2004 baseball season.

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All ten baseball programs in the conference participated in the tournament, with the seventh through tenth place teams playing a single-elimination opening day prior to an 8-team, two bracket, double-elimination tournament.

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v t e	Conf.				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Elon ‍†‍‡‍^y	19	–	8	.704	44	–	18	.710
College of Charleston ‍‍‍	18	–	9	.667	39	–	20	.661
Furman ‍‍‍	17	–	10	.630	33	–	24	.579
Georgia Southern ‍‍‍	16	–	11	.593	33	–	25	.569
UNC Greensboro ‍‍‍	15	–	12	.556	33	–	27	.550
Appalachian State ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	32	–	27	.542
Western Carolina ‍‍‍	14	–	13	.519	29	–	28	.509
The Citadel ‍‍‍	12	–	15	.444	28	–	28	.500
Wofford ‍‍‍	6	–	21	.222	24	–	35	.407
Davidson ‍‍‍	4	–	23	.148	12	–	38	.240

† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Elon	19	8	.704	–	1
College of Charleston	18	9	.667	1	2
Furman	17	10	.630	2	3
Georgia Southern	16	11	.593	3	4
UNC Greensboro	15	12	.556	4	5
Appalachian State	14	13	.519	5	6
Western Carolina	14	13	.519	5	7
The Citadel	12	15	.444	7	8
Wofford	6	21	.222	13	9
Davidson	4	23	.148	15	10

Team	R
#10 Davidson	10
#7 Western Carolina	11
Notes: Davidson eliminated

Team	R
#9 Wofford	8
#8 The Citadel	4
Notes: The Citadel eliminated


First round			Second round			Semifinals



7	Western Carolina	4

2	College of Charleston	5
			3	Furman	8

			2	College of Charleston	12
6	Appalachian State	8

3	Furman	10
						2	College of Charleston

						3	Furman
Lower round 1			Lower final



			6	Appalachian State	12

7	Western Carolina	5	3	Furman	13

6	Appalachian State	10

2008 Southern Conference baseball tournament

Seeding

Bracket

Play-In Round

Bracket One

Bracket Two

Final

Game summaries

Play-In Round

Round One

Round Two

Round Three

Semifinals

Final

All-Tournament Team

References

Wikiwand - on

Tuesday, May 20 12:05 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
#10 Davidson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	10	12	4
#7 Western Carolina	0	0	1	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	11	16	3
WP: Masters LP: Hunter Home runs: DAV: None WCU: Lyons Attendance: 1,423 Notes: Davidson eliminated Boxscore

Tuesday, May 20 5:44 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#9 Wofford	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	0	2	8	13	1
#8 The Citadel	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	9	3
WP: Summers LP: Copenhaver Home runs: WC: Gilmartin, Kirkley Cid: None Attendance: 1,533 Notes: The Citadel eliminated Boxscore

Wednesday, May 21 10:06 am
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
#7 Western Carolina	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	5	0
#2 College of Charleston	0	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	5	12	1
WP: Jesse Simpson LP: Tavernier Home runs: WCU: Lyons CofC: Sizemore, Tice 2 Attendance: 949 Boxscore

Wednesday, May 21 1:36 pm
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
#6 Appalachian State	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	3	8	12	1
#3 Furman	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	5	10	12	2
WP: Karow LP: Jason Rook Home runs: ASU: Rubenstein, Hubbard, Rodgers FU: None Attendance: 887 Boxscore