2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2016 Southern Conference 9 Double-elimination tournament Fluor Field at the West End Greenville, SC The 2016 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 29 at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, South Carolina. Western Carolina University won the tournament. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner earns the league's bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2015–16 academic year.http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210367005&DB_OEM_ID=4000&DB_OEM_ID=4000 2015-16 Southern Conference Championship Schedule soconsports.com November 16, 2015 The tournament was originally held from 1950–53, when the Southern Conference was a large conference composed of several small schools and several large schools, the latter of which would form the Atlantic Coast Conference after the 1953 season. The event was re-established in 1984 and has been held every year since. Western Carolina has claimed nine championships, the most of any school, with The Citadel close behind at eight tournament wins. Furman is the only other school current school with multiple championships, winning two. East Tennessee State, UNC Greensboro, and VMI have never won a title, although East Tennessee State and VMI returned to the conference in 2015 after over ten years in other conferences. Defending champion Mercer claimed the conference championship in its first ever appearance. The tournament will be played in Greenville, which has hosted three of the past seven events.http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=210313405 Southern Conference 2016 Baseball Championship November 16, 2015 Seeding and format All nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The winner will play the top seed, as part of the double-elimination tournament.https://admin.xosn.com/fls/4000//socon/Championships/2015-16/16%20bb%20tny%20bracket.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 Southern Conference November 16, 2015 2016 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket November 17, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025608/https://admin.xosn.com/fls/4000//socon/Championships/2015-16/16%20bb%20tny%20bracket.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 dead Team W L Pct GB Seed 2016 Mercer Bears Mercer 16 8 16 8 — 1 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina 15 9 15 9 1 2 2016 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro 15 9 15 9 1 3 2016 Furman Paladins Furman 14 10 14 10 2 4 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee State 13 11 13 11 3 5 2016 Samford Bulldogs Samford 13 11 13 11 3 6 2016 Wofford Terriers Wofford 12 12 12 12 4 7 The Citadel 6 18 6 18 10 8 2016 VMI Keydets VMI 4 20 4 20 12 9 Bracket Play-In Round Tuesday, May 24 #9 2016 VMI Keydets VMI 2 #8 The Citadel 3 Bracket 2 1 2016 Mercer Bears Mercer 13 8 The Citadel 1 4 2016 Furman Paladins Furman 3 5 2016 East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee State 0 3 2016 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro 5 6 2016 Samford Bulldogs Samford 8 2 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina 10 7 2016 Wofford Terriers Wofford 9 1 Mercer 6 4 Furman 1 6 Samford 4 2 Western Carolina 14 1 Mercer 9 2 Western Carolina 8 8 The Citadel 2 5 East Tennessee State 4 3 UNC Greensboro 9 7 Wofford 6 5 East Tennessee State 11 6 Samford 12 3 UNC Greensboro 10 4 Furman 15 6 Samford 2 4 Furman 0 6 Samford 4 2 Western Carolina 7 1 Mercer 2 2 2 Western Carolina 4 3 References Category:2016 Southern Conference baseball season Category:Southern Conference baseball tournament SoCon baseball tournament Southern Conference baseball tournament Category:Baseball competitions in Greenville, South Carolina Category:College baseball tournaments in South Carolina