2017 ASUN Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Gulf Coast (1st title)
Winning coachDave Tollett (1st title)
MVPMarc Coffers (=Florida Gulf Coast)
2017 ASUN Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Jacksonville   165 .7623624 .600
Stetson   156 .7142729 .482
Florida Gulf Coast  y 138 .6194320 .683
North Florida   129 .5713324 .579
Kennesaw State   1011 .4762532 .439
Lipscomb   912 .4292828 .500
USC Upstate   714 .3332431 .436
NJIT   219 .095940 .184
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2017[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 ASUN Conference baseball tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, from May 24 through 27. Third seeded Florida Gulf Coast won their first championship and claimed the ASUN Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4][5][6]

This was the conference's first baseball tournament held under its current "ASUN" brand name, which was adopted at the start of the 2016–17 school year.[7]

Format and seeding

The 2017 tournament was a double-elimination tournament in which the top six conference members participated. Seeds were determined based on conference winning percentage from the round-robin regular season.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Jacksonville165.7621
Stetson156.71412
Florida Gulf Coast138.61933
North Florida129.57144
Kennesaw State1011.47665
Lipscomb912.42976
USC Upstate714.3339
NJIT219.09514

Bracket and results

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Jacksonville8
6Lipscomb21Jacksonville8
4North Florida5
2Stetson51Jacksonville8
5Kennesaw State105Kennesaw State4
3Florida Gulf Coast31Jacksonville23
5Kennesaw State63Florida Gulf Coast4410
3Florida Gulf Coast45Kennesaw State5
4North Florida06Lipscomb13Florida Gulf Coast6
6Lipscomb83Florida Gulf Coast3
2Stetson6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

PosNameSchool
PChris GauJacksonville
Kutter CrawfordFlorida Gulf Coast
CMike CassalaJacksonville
IFAustin UpshawKennesaw State
Grant WilliamsKennesaw State
Scott DubruleJacksonville
Nick RiveraFGCU
OFMarc CoffersFlorida Gulf Coast
Michael GigliottiLipscomb
Chris LehaneJacksonville
UTILKenton HeringFlorida Gulf Coast

Most Valuable PLayer

Marc Coffers was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Coffers was an outfielder for Florida Gulf Coast.[6]

References

  1. "Atlantic Sun Conference". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  2. "2016-17 Atlantic Sun Championship Calendar". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  3. "2017 ASUN Baseball Championship". ASUN Conference. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
  4. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. "2017 Baseball Championship Central". ASUN Conference. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 "No. 3 FGCU Wins First ASUNBSB Championship in Extras". ASUN Conference. May 27, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  7. "Conference Student-Athletes Unveil New ASUN Brand Identity" (Press release). Atlantic Sun Conference. April 28, 2016.
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