# 1998 Southern Conference baseball tournament

The 1998 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held at Joseph P. Riley Jr. Park in Charleston, South Carolina, from April 30 through May 3. Second seeded The Citadel won the tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It was the Bulldogs fourth tournament win
The tournament used a double-elimination format. Only the top eight teams participated, so VMI and Appalachian State were not in the field. 1998 was the first season with UNC Greensboro and Wofford in the league, having joined the conference in the previous offseason.

## Seeding

| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| UNC Greensboro | 22 | 5 | .815 | – | 1 |
| The Citadel | 21 | 5 | .808 | .5 | 2 |
| Western Carolina | 20 | 6 | .769 | 1.5 | 3 |
| Furman | 12 | 12 | .500 | 8.5 | 4 |
| Wofford | 10 | 12 | .455 | 9.5 | 5 |
| Georgia Southern | 9 | 15 | .375 | 11.5 | 6 |
| Davidson | 8 | 16 | .333 | 12.5 | 7 |
| East Tennessee State | 8 | 18 | .308 | 13.5 | 8 |
| VMI | 7 | 17 | .292 | 13.5 | |
| Appalachian State | 6 | 17 | .261 | 14 | |

## 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 |
| 4 | Furman | 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Wofford | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Wofford | 3 | 1 | UNC Greensboro | 14 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Furman | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 1 | UNC Greensboro | 10 | 4 | Furman | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | East Tennessee State | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | East Tennessee State | 3 | | | | 1 | UNC Greensboro | 0 | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | The Citadel | 9 | | | | | | |
| 3 | Western Carolina | 6 | | | | 2 | The Citadel | 9 | | | | | | |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 5 | 3 | Western Carolina | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | The Citadel | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | The Citadel | 11 | 2 | The Citadel | 5 | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Davidson | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 2 | The Citadel | 12 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 1 | UNC Greensboro | 1 |
| 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 | |
| | | | 3 | Western Carolina | 9 | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Wofford | 3 | 5 | Wofford | 4 | | | | 1 | UNC Greensboro | 4 | |
| 8 | East Tennessee State | 2 | | | | 3 | Western Carolina | 2 | 3 | Western Carolina | 2 | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Furman | 1 | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Furman | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Georgia Southern | 6 | 6 | Georgia Southern | 5 | | | | | | | |
| 7 | Davidson | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

| Position | Player | School |
| P | Brian Rogers | The Citadel |
| C | Jay Morgan | The Citadel |
| 1B | Philip Hartig | The Citadel |
| 2B | Dominic Pattie | UNC Greensboro |
| 3B | Aaron Haigler | The Citadel |
| SS | Terrence Smalls | The Citadel |
| OF | Kevin Durham | The Citadel |
| OF | Eric Johnson | Western Carolina |
| OF | Kenny Vawter | UNC Greensboro |
| DH | Lance Surridge | UNC Greensboro |
* Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player
* Brian Rogers
* The Citadel