The 2024 Big South Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Truist Point in High Point, North Carolina. The top four regular season finishers of the conference's nine teams met in the double-elimination tournament. The tournament champion, High Point, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the first ever conference championship and appearance in the NCAA tournament for High Point.[2]
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| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | High Point Panthers (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Joey Hammond (1st title) |
| MVP | Eric Grintz (High Point) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian † | 18 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .750 | 29 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| High Point ‡y | 17 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .708 | 34 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| USC Upstate | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 36 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 12 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .500 | 22 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .407 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Longwood | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 23 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .442 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 10 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .417 | 22 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner-Webb | 9 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .375 | 22 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .415 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winthrop | 8 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .348 | 19 | – | 29 | – | 1 | .398 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Radford | 7 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .304 | 16 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .320 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
editThe top four finishers of the league's nine teams qualify for the double-elimination tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.
Results
edit| First round | Semi-finals | Finals | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Presbyterian | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston Southern | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston Southern | 11 | |||||||||||||
| Winner's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| 2 | High Point | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | USC Upstate | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | High Point | 10 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | High Point | 6 | – | ||||||||||||
| 3 | USC Upstate | 0 | – | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Presbyterian | 8 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | USC Upstate | 9 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | USC Upstate | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Loser's bracket | |||||||||||||||
| 4 | Charleston Southern | 2 | |||||||||||||
Schedule
edit| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Notes | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday, May 23 | ||||||
| 1 | 1:00pm | No. 4 Charleston Southern vs No. 1 Presbyterian | 5–4 | [3] | ||
| 2 | 5:00pm | No. 2 High Point vs No. 3 USC Upstate | 10–8 | [4] | ||
| Friday, May 24 | ||||||
| 3 | 11:00am | No. 1 Presbyterian vs No. 3 USC Upstate | 8–9 | Presbyterian eliminated | [5] | |
| 4 | 3:00pm | No. 2 High Point vs No. 4 Charleston Southern | 12–11 | [6] | ||
| 5 | 7:00pm | No. 4 Charleston Southern vs No. 3 USC Upstate | 2–4 | Charleston Southern eliminated | [7] | |
| Saturday, May 25 | ||||||
| 6 | 12:00pm | No. 2 High Point vs No. 3 USC Upstate | 6–0 | High Point wins championship | [8] | |
| 7 | 4:00pm | Rematch (not necessary) | ||||
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
All–Tournament Team
editSource:[9]
| Position | Player | Team |
|---|---|---|
| C | Eric Grintz (MVP) | High Point |
| INF | Vance Sheahan | USC Upstate |
| INF | Troy Hamilton | USC Upstate |
| INF | Brayden Simpson | High Point |
| INF | Jack Gorman | Presbyterian |
| OF | Jace Rinehart | USC Upstate |
| OF | Konni Durschlag | High Point |
| OF | Cade Conway | Charleston Southern |
| DH | Noah Sullivan | USC Upstate |
| P | Mathieu Curtis | USC Upstate |
| P | Brett Wozniak | High Point |
| UTL | Sam Massey | Charleston Southern |
References
edit- ^ "Big South Conference Baseball Standings". bigsouthsports.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ "2024 Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "Charleston Southern-Presbyterian Boxscore". csusports.com. Charleston Southern Buccaneers. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "USC Upstate-High Point Boxscore". highpointpanthers.com. High Point Panters. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "USC Upstate-Presbyterian Boxscore". upstatespartans.com. USC Upstate Spartans. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "Charleston Southern-High Point Boxscore". highpointpanthers.com. High Point Panters. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "Charleston Southern-USC Upstate Boxscore". upstatespartans.com. USC Upstate Spartans. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.
- ^ "High Point-USC Upstate Boxscore". highpointpanthers.com. High Point Panthers. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
- ^ "#2 High Point Wins 2024 Big South Baseball Championship". bigsouthsports.com. Big South Conference. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.