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2012 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament
2012 socon baseball championship logo.jpg
2012 SoCon baseball tournament logo
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site
Champions Samford (1 title)
Winning coach Casey Dunn (1 title)
MVP Josh Martin (Samford)
Television ESPN3
2012 Southern Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Appalachian State y 21 9   .700     38 14   .731
College of Charleston y 21 9   .700     37 18   .673
Elon 20 10   .667     31 24   .564
Samford y 19 11   .633     35 21   .625
Western Carolina 16 14   .533     32 22   .593
Georgia Southern 15 15   .500     30 26   .536
Furman 13 17   .433     26 29   .473
The Citadel 13 17   .433     24 31   .436
UNC Greensboro 10 20   .333     25 27   .481
Davidson 9 21   .300     22 32   .407
Wofford 8 22   .267     17 31   .354
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 20, 2012; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Tournament took place at Fluor Field at the West End in Greenville, SC from May 23 through May 27. The final game was televised on ESPN3

The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams in the conference standings participated, leaving three UNC Greensboro, Wofford, and Davidson out.

Samford went 4-0 to win the tournament, clinching the conference's automatic berth in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament and the school's first ever Regional appearance. 2012 also marks the school's first baseball championship since joining the Southern Conference in 2008.


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