1987 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1987 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Asheville, North Carolina from April 27 through April 29. The South Division's top seed Western Carolina won their third consecutive tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

1987 Southern Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsWestern Carolina (3rd title)
MVPClint Fairey, Western Carolina
1987 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern
Appalachian State  x‍‍‍ 10–2 .833  26–13 .667
VMI  ‍‍‍ 8–4 .667  16–16 .500
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 5–7 .417  16–17 .485
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍ 1–11 .083  9–19 .321
Southern
No. 30 Western Carolina  x‍‍‡‍y 13–3 .813  36–20 .643
Davidson  ‍‍‍ 10–7 .588  25–17 .595
The Citadel  ‍‍‍ 6–12 .333  19–31 .380
Furman  ‍‍‍ 5–12 .294  11–26 .297
x – Division champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1987[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.[2]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
North Division
Appalachian State 10 2 .833
–
1N
VMI 8 4 .667
2
2N
Marshall 5 7 .417
5
–
East Tennessee State 1 11 .083
9
–
South Division
Western Carolina 13 3
–
1S
Davidson 10 7 .588
3.5
2S
The Citadel 6 12 .333
7.5
–
Furman 5 12 .294
8.5
–

Bracket
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1N Appalachian State 8  
2S Davidson 5  
  1N Appalachian State 7  
  1S Western Carolina 8  
1S Western Carolina 16
2N VMI 4  
  1S Western Carolina 9
  2N VMI 4
2S Davidson 7  
2N VMI 15  
  1N Appalachian State 9*
  2N VMI 10*  

* - Indicates game required extra innings.[3]

Most Outstanding Player
Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
Clint Fairey
Western Carolina

[4]

References
  1. "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1987". Boyd's World. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  2. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  3. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 48. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
  4. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 63. Retrieved 2012-09-29.
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