# 2004 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 2004 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from May 26 through 30. Third seeded The Citadel won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Bulldogs seventh SoCon tournament win.
The top eight baseball programs in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament. Furman, Wofford, and Appalachian State were not in the field. College of Charleston claimed its first top seed by winning its first regular season championship.

## Seeding

| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| College of Charleston | 25 | 5 | .833 | – | 1 |
| Georgia Southern | 21 | 9 | .700 | 4 | 2 |
| The Citadel | 21 | 9 | .700 | 4 | 3 |
| Elon | 17 | 13 | .567 | 8 | 4 |
| UNC Greensboro | 16 | 14 | .533 | 9 | 5 |
| East Tennessee State | 15 | 15 | .500 | 10 | 6 |
| Davidson | 13 | 17 | .433 | 12 | 7 |
| Western Carolina | 12 | 18 | .400 | 13 | 8 |
| Furman | 11 | 19 | .367 | 14 | |
| Wofford | 8 | 22 | .267 | 17 | |
| Appalachian State | 6 | 24 | .200 | 19 | |

## Bracket

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| 5 | UNC Greensboro | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Elon | 12 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Elon | 12 | 4 | Elon | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Western Carolina | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Western Carolina | 4 | 8 | Western Carolina | 7 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | College of Charleston | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | College of Charleston | 3 | | | | 8 | Western Carolina | 5 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 3 | The Citadel | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Davidson | 5 | | | | 3 | The Citadel | 2 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 2 | 3 | The Citadel | 10 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Davidson | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | East Tennessee State | 2 | 7 | Davidson | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | The Citadel | 6 | | | | | | | | | | 8 | Western Carolina | 2 | 1 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | The Citadel | 9 | 8 |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | 7 | Davidson | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | College of Charleston | 5 | 1 | College of Charleston | 3 | | | | 3 | The Citadel | 7 | |
| 5 | UNC Greensboro | 4 | | | | 1 | College of Charleston | 4 | 1 | College of Charleston | 2 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Elon | 3 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Elon | 7 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Georgia Southern | 12 | 2 | Georgia Southern | 3 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | East Tennessee State | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

| Position | Player | School |
| P | Jonathan Ellis | The Citadel |
| C | Brian Sigmon | Western Carolina |
| 1B | Chip Cannon | The Citadel |
| 2B | Jon Aughey | The Citadel |
| SS | Chris Davis | Western Carolina |
| 3B | Chris Ard | The Citadel |
| (tie) | Denver Edick | Western Carolina |
| OF | Matt Covington | The Citadel |
| OF | Byron Barber | College of Charleston |
| OF | Andy Phillips | The Citadel |
| DH | Mark Egleton | The Citadel |
* Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
* Jonathan Ellis
* The Citadel