2014 Southern Conference baseball tournament

2014 Southern Conference
baseball tournament
2014 SoCon Baseball Tournament
Teams10
Formattwo bracket Double-elimination tournament
with championship game
Finals site
ChampionsGeorgia Southern (6th title)
Winning coachRodney Hennon (5th title)
MVPJason Richman (Georgia Southern)
2014 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍ 20 6   .769 37 18   .673
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 17 8   .680 29 19   .604
Georgia Southern  ‍‍y 15 12   .556 40 23   .635
Samford  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 35 25   .583
Wofford  ‍‍‍ 12 14   .462 32 28   .533
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍ 12 14   .462 21 34   .382
Elon  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 27 26   .509
Furman  ‍‍‍ 11 15   .423 26 32   .448
UNC Greensboro  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 21 28   .429
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 8 18   .308 24 34   .414
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2014[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 25 at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina. The annual event determined the conference champion of the Division I Southern Conference in college baseball. Georgia Southern won the tournament for the sixth time, earning the league's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 18 athletic championships held by the conference in the 2013–14 academic year.[2]

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. Georgia Southern and Furman are the only other schools with multiple championships, winning five and two, respectively. Davidson and UNC Greensboro are the only current members to never win a title.

The tournament returned to Charleston for the first time since 2011 after spending the previous two seasons in Greenville, South Carolina. Charleston has hosted the event more than any other city.[3]

  1. ^ "Baseball standings". SoConSports.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
  2. ^ "2013-14 Southern Conference Championship Schedule". soconsports.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "2014 Baseball Championship". Southern Conference. Retrieved January 15, 2014.