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Southern Conference baseball tournament
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Sport	Baseball
Conference	Southern Conference
Number of teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Current stadium	Fluor Field
Current location	Greenville, South Carolina
Played	1950–1953, 1984–present
Last contest	2023
Current champion	Samford (4)
Most championships	Western Carolina (10)
Official website	SoConSports.com Baseball

The Southern Conference baseball tournament is the conference championship tournament in baseball for the Southern Conference. The winner of the tournament receives the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The event is scheduled for the Tuesday through Saturday before Memorial Day each year, five days prior to the NCAA Regionals.

Tournament

The Southern Conference Baseball Tournament is held annually. Beginning in 2009, the top eight teams (eleven teams sponsor baseball in the conference) participated in a two-bracketed double-elimination tournament. The previous format included ten teams participating in the tournament with the lowest four seeds (#7–#10) competing in a single elimination first round. The winner receives an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I baseball tournament while the other teams must rely on an at-large bid.

History

The Southern Conference first held a baseball tournament in 1950. Maryland and Virginia Tech from the North division, and Clemson and Wake Forest from the South played the inaugural year in Greensboro, North Carolina, with Wake Forest defeating Maryland for the title. In 1951, Clemson, Duke, Maryland, and West Virginia met, with Duke defeating Clemson in the final. Duke repeated their title in 1952, over N.C. State, George Washington, and Richmond. Duke, George Washington, Maryland, and North Carolina participated in 1953, with Duke again the winner.

The tournament was renewed in 1984 as a four-team tournament. The tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from 1997 to 2008, and again in 2010 and 2011.

Champions

By year

By school

• Italics indicate the school no longer sponsors baseball in the SoCon.

1. Now athletically branded as Charleston.

Composite Records

Current schools only, 1984 through 2015

See also

• List of Southern Conference football champions
• List of Southern Conference men's basketball champions

References

1. "Southern Conference Championship Sites and Dates" (PDF). soconsports.com. Retrieved December 15, 2012.
2. "Southern Champs To Be Crowned At Greensboro Meet". The Robesonian. Lumberton, N.C. AP. May 19, 1950. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
3. "Maryland To Play In Diamond Series". The Baltimore Sun. May 22, 1950. p. 14. Virginia Tech and Maryland from the North and Wake Forest and Clemson from the South will meet to determine the Southern Conference baseball championship.
4. "Clemson Meets Duke For Southern League Title". The Dispatch. Lexington, N.C. May 21, 1951. p. 6. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
5. "Duke Nine Cops Conference Championship". The News and Courier. Charleston, S.C. May 19, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
6. "Maryland Nine Whips W. & M. In Double-Header". The Baltimore Sun. May 12, 1953. p. 19. George Washington will join Maryland as the Northern division's other representative against the two top teams in the southern branch of the league.
7. "Rain-Check Team Emerging As Top Quality In Playoff". The Robesonian. Lumberton, N.C. May 19, 1953. p. 8. Retrieved August 27, 2011.
8. "Championship Results" (PDF). 2007 Southern Conference Baseball. Southern Conference. 2007. pp. 43–47. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
9. "SoCon Tournament MVPs" (PDF). 2006 Southern Conference Baseball. Southern Conference. 2006. p. 16. Retrieved February 2, 2009.
10. 2014 SoCon Baseball media Guide. Southern Conference. 14 February 2014. p. 48. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
11. https://admin.xosn.com/fls/4000//socon/Championships/2013-14/Baseball/14%20bb%20tny%20bracket.pdf?&DB_OEM_ID=4000

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