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1997 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Western Carolina (8th title)
MVP J. P. Burnwell (Western Carolina)
Attendance 15,295
1997 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Western Carolina y 18 6   .750     42 20   .677
Georgia Southern 18 6   .750     34 26   .567
The Citadel 16 7   .696     37 21   .638
Furman 13 11   .542     29 23   .558
East Tennessee State 11 11   .500     21 24   .467
Davidson 8 15   .348     18 34   .346
Appalachian State 8 16   .333     16 32   .333
VMI 6 13   .316     13 35   .271
Marshall 4 17   .190     7 39   .152
† – Conference champion
‡ – SoCon Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley, Jr. Park in Charleston, SC from April 30 through May 3. Top seeded Western Carolina won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was the Catamounts eighth tournament win. This was the first tournament to be held at Riley Park, which opened as the home venue of The Citadel for the 1997 season.

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participated, so Marshall was not in the field. This was Marshall's last season in the conference, as they joined the Mid-American Conference prior to the 1997–98 season.

* - Indicates extra innings.


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