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1987 Southern Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Asheville, North Carolina
Champions	Western Carolina (3rd title)
MVP	Clint Fairey (Western Carolina)

1987 Southern Conference baseball standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
Appalachian State  x‍‍‍	10	–	2		.833			26	–	13		.667
VMI  ‍‍‍	8	–	4		.667			16	–	16		.500
Marshall  ‍‍‍	5	–	7		.417			16	–	17		.485
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‍	1	–	11		.083			9	–	19		.321
Southern
No. 30 Western Carolina  x‍‍‡‍y	13	–	3		.813			36	–	20		.643
Davidson  ‍‍‍	10	–	7		.588			25	–	17		.595
The Citadel  ‍‍‍	6	–	12		.333			19	–	31		.380
Furman  ‍‍‍	5	–	12		.294			11	–	26		.297
x – Division champion ‡ – SoCon Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Southern Conference baseball tournament was held in Asheville, North Carolina, from April 27 through 29. The South Division's top seed Western Carolina won their third consecutive tournament and earned the Southern Conference's automatic bid to the 1987 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The tournament used a double-elimination format.

Seeding

The top two teams from each division based on regular season conference winning percentage participated in the tournament. The top seed from the North Division played the second seed from the South in the first round, and vice versa. The winners of the first round then played, while the losers played an elimination game. There were no ties in the standings, so no tiebreakers were necessary.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
North Division
Appalachian State	10	2	.833	–	1N
VMI	8	4	.667	2	2N
Marshall	5	7	.417	5	–
East Tennessee State	1	11	.083	9	–
South Division
Western Carolina	13	3		–	1S
Davidson	10	7	.588	3.5	2S
The Citadel	6	12	.333	7.5	–
Furman	5	12	.294	8.5	–

Bracket

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1N

Appalachian State

8

2S

Davidson

5

1N

Appalachian State

7

1S

Western Carolina

8

1S

Western Carolina

16

2N

VMI

4

1S

Western Carolina

9

–

2N

VMI

4

–

Lower round 1

Lower final

1N

Appalachian State

9*

2S

Davidson

7

2N

VMI

10*

2N

VMI

15

* - Indicates game required extra innings.

Most Outstanding Player

Walt Nadzak Award, Tournament Most Outstanding Player

Clint Fairey

Western Carolina