1991 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 1991 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at College Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from April 27 through 30. Fourth seeded Furman won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Paladins first tournament win.

1991 Southern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	7
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	College Park (Charleston) Charleston, South Carolina
Champions	Furman (1st title)
MVP	Brent Williams (Furman)
← 1990 Southern Conference baseball tournament 1992 →

1991 Southern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
The Citadel  ‍†‍‍	16	–	2		.889			34	–	19		.642
Western Carolina  ‍‍‍	11	–	3		.786			36	–	26		.581
Marshall  ‍‍‍	9	–	7		.563			16	–	26		.381
Furman  ‍‍‡‍y	6	–	5		.545			26	–	26		.500
Appalachian State  ‍‍‍	5	–	8		.385			28	–	21		.571
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	5	–	13		.278			23	–	29		.442
VMI  ‍‍‍	1	–	15		.063			2	–	35		.054
† – Conference champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1991[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The tournament used a double-elimination format, with top seeded The Citadel receiving a bye to the second day in order to compensate for the odd number of teams in the league.

Seeding

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
The Citadel	16	2	.889	–	1
Western Carolina	11	3	.786	3	2
Marshall	9	7	.563	6	3
Furman	6	5	.545	6.5	4
Appalachian State	5	8	.385	8.5	5
East Tennessee State	5	13	.278	11	6
VMI	1	15	.063	14	7

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Results

Bracket

Bracket to be included

Game results

Date	Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
April 27	1	Western Carolina	18–2	VMI
	2	East Tennessee State	14–4	Marshall
	3	Appalachian State	4–2	Furman
April 28	4	Furman	10–4	Marshall	Marshall eliminated
	5	East Tennessee State	7–4	Western Carolina
	6	Appalachian State	2–0	The Citadel
	7	Furman	8–3	VMI	VMI eliminated
April 29	8	Western Carolina	7–3	The Citadel	The Citadel eliminated
	9	Appalachian State	7–1	East Tennessee State
	10	Western Carolina	9–4	East Tennessee State	East Tennessee State eliminated
	11	Furman	7–6 (10)	Appalachian State
April 30	12	Western Carolina	4–0	Appalachian State	Appalachian State eliminated
	13	Furman	11–9	Western Carolina	Furman wins SoCon Tournament

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All-Tournament Team

Position	Player	School
P	Jack Kimel	Western Carolina
C	Brent Williams	Furman
1B	Rodney Tesh	Western Carolina
2B	John Key	Appalachian State
3B	Matt Raleigh	Western Carolina
SS	Nathan Dunn	East Tennessee State
OF	Kevin Bellomo	Western Carolina
OF	Joey Cox	Western Carolina
OF	Scott Waugh	Appalachian State
DH	Dallas Rhinehart	East Tennessee State

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Brent Williams

Furman

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References

1. "College Baseball Conference Standings – 1991". Boyd's World. Retrieved December 16, 2014.
2. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 46. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
3. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 49. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
4. 2012 Southern Conference Baseball Media Guide. SoConSports.com. p. 62. Retrieved September 14, 2012.