1999 Big South Conference baseball tournament

The 1999 Big South Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Big South Conference, held from May 20 through 23 at Charles Watson Stadium, home field of regular season champion Coastal Carolina in Conway, South Carolina. The top six finishers from the regular season participated in the double-elimination tournament. The champion, Winthrop, won the title for the third time, and first since 1987, and earned an invitation to the 1999 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

1999 Big South Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Charles Watson Stadium Conway, South Carolina
Champions	Winthrop (3rd title)
Winning coach	Joe Hudak (1st title)
MVP	Matt Kozaria (Winthrop)
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1999 Big South Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Coastal Carolina  ‍†‍‍	10	–	2		.833			43	–	15		.741
Winthrop  ‍‍‡‍^y	9	–	6		.600			40	–	23		.635
Radford  ‍‍‍	7	–	7		.500			22	–	30		.423
Liberty  ‍‍‍	7	–	8		.467			26	–	28		.481
Charleston Southern  ‍‍‍	5	–	8		.385			26	–	32		.448
UNC Asheville  ‍‍‍	4	–	11		.267			21	–	39		.350
Elon  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			20	–	35		.364
High Point  ‍‍‍	0	–	0		–			11	–	39		.220
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1999^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format

The top six finishers from the regular season qualified for the tournament. The teams were seeded one through six and played a double-elimination tournament. New members Elon and High Point were ineligible for conference competition, making all returning members automatically qualifying for the event.^[2]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Coastal Carolina	10	2	.833	—	1
Winthrop	9	6	.600	2.5	2
Radford	7	7	.500	4	3
Liberty	7	8	.467	4.5	4
Charleston Southern	5	8	.385	5.5	5
UNC Asheville	4	11	.267	7.5	6
Elon	0	0	—	—	—
High Point	0	0	—	—	—

Bracket and results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Coastal Carolina	3
	6	UNC Asheville	2			1	Coastal Carolina	8
						3	Radford	7
	3	Radford	0								1	Coastal Carolina	3
	4	Liberty	8								2	Winthrop	4
						4	Liberty	0													2	Winthrop	6	—
						2	Winthrop	13													1	Coastal Carolina	3	—
	2	Winthrop	8													1	Coastal Carolina	11
	5	Charleston Southern	7								4	Liberty	6			4	Liberty	10
						6	UNC Asheville	8			6	UNC Asheville	5
						5	Charleston Southern	3

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Jason Colson	Winthrop
Ron Deubel	Coastal Carolina
Matt Kozaria	Winthrop
Todd Leathers	Winthrop
Brooks Marzka	Coastal Carolina
Trey Miller	Radford
Ryan Moffett	UNC Asheville
Anthony Pennix	Liberty
Kevin Schnall	Coastal Carolina
Jason Tarasuik	Winthrop
Josh Ury	Winthrop
Sean Walsh	Radford

Most Valuable Player

Matt Kozaria was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Kozaria was a pitcher for Winthrop.^[2]

References

1. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. p. 5. Retrieved July 10, 2020.
2. "2019 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Big South Conference. Retrieved July 13, 2020.