2015 Southern Conference baseball tournament

August 2023 2015 Southern Conference 9 two bracket Double-elimination tournamentwith championship game Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park Charleston, SC 2015 Mercer Bears Mercer 1st The 2015 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 19 through 24 at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The annual event determines the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. The tournament winner earned the league's bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This was the last of 20 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year.http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=209523641&DB_OEM_ID=4000&DB_OEM_ID=4000 2014-15 Southern Conference Championship Schedule soconsports.com December 8, 2014 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 current school with multiple championships, winning two. UNC Greensboro is the only current and returning member to never win a title. 2014 champion and six-time winner Georgia Southern, along with Elon (two titles), Appalachian State (1 title), and Davidson (no titles) departed the conference after the 2014 season. Mercer will make its first appearance in 2015, while East Tennessee State and VMI return to the league in 2015. Neither ETSU nor VMI won the event during their previous tenures in the league. The tournament was played in Charleston for the second year in a row after spending the previous two seasons in Greenville, South Carolina. Charleston has hosted the event more than any other city.http://www.soconsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=4000&ATCLID=209525401 Southern Conference 2015 Baseball Championship December 8, 2014 Seeding and format All nine teams will participate in the tournament, with the bottom two seeds playing a single-elimination play-in round. The remaining teams will then be divided into two brackets and play double-elimination tournaments. The winners of each bracket will play a single championship game.https://admin.xosn.com/fls/4000//socon/Championships/2014-15_/15%20bb%20tny%20bracket.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=4000 Southern Conference December 8, 2014 2015 Southern Conference Baseball Championship Bracket Team W L Pct. GB Seed 2015 Mercer Bears Mercer 16 7 16 7 – 1 2015 Samford Bulldogs Samford 14 10 14 10 2.5 2 2015 Wofford Terriers Wofford 13 10 13 10 3 3 VMI 12 12 12 12 4.5 4 2015 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro 12 12 12 12 4.5 5 2015 Furman Paladins Furman 11 13 11 13 5.5 6 2015 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina 11 13 11 13 5.5 7 The Citadel 10 14 10 14 6.5 8 2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee State 8 16 8 16 8.5 9 Bracket Play-In Round Tuesday, May 19 #9 2015 East Tennessee State Buccaneers East Tennessee State 2 #8 The Citadel 8 Bracket One First round Second round Semifinals 1 2015 Mercer Bears Mercer 3 8 The Citadel 2 4 VMI 6 5 2015 UNC Greensboro Spartans UNC Greensboro 5 8 The Citadel 8 5 UNC Greensboro 4 1 Mercer 19 4 VMI 7 8 The Citadel 10 4 VMI 5 1 Mercer 8 – 8 The Citadel 1 – Bracket Two First round Second round Semifinals 2 2015 Samford Bulldogs Samford 810 7 2015 Western Carolina Catamounts Western Carolina 7 3 2015 Wofford Terriers Wofford 16 6 2015 Furman Paladins Furman 7 7 Western Carolina 4 6 Furman 12 2 Samford 4 3 Wofford 3 6 Furman 0 3 Wofford 1 2 Samford 8 25 3 Wofford 12 4 Final Sunday, May 24 #2 Samford 0 #1 Mercer 5 References Category:2015 Southern Conference baseball season Category:Southern Conference baseball tournament Southern Conference Tournament Southern Conference baseball tournament