2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

Last updated
2013 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Austin Peay  (6th title)
Winning coach Gary McClure  (6th title)
MVP Reed Harper (Austin Peay)
2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Tennessee Tech  246 .8004017 .702
Austin Peay  y227 .7594715 .758
Belmont  228 .7333820 .655
Jacksonville State  228 .7333226 .552
Eastern Kentucky  1613 .5522334 .404
Southeast Missouri State  1317 .4332633 .441
Eastern Illinois  1117 .3932227 .449
SIU Edwardsville  1020 .3331635 .314
Morehead State  1020 .3331640 .286
Murray State  921 .3002133 .389
Tennessee–Martin  426 .1331140 .216
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2013 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers were seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye. Belmont claimed the third seed over Jacksonville State by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Tennessee Tech 246.8001
Austin Peay 227.7591.52
Belmont 228.73323
Jacksonville State 228.73324
Eastern Kentucky 1613.5527.55
Southeast Missouri State 1317.433116
Eastern Illinois 1117.39312
SIU Edwardsville 1020.33314
Morehead State 1020.33314
Murray State 921.30015
Tennessee–Martin 426.13320

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Tennessee Tech 5
4 Jacksonville State 26Southeast Missouri State1
5 Eastern Kentucky 111Tennessee Tech2
2Austin Peay6
2 Austin Peay 13
3 Belmont 65Eastern Kentucky4
6 Southeast Missouri State 9
2Austin Peay6
5Eastern Kentucky3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Tennessee Tech4
6Southeast Missouri State95Eastern Kentucky6
6Southeast Missouri State25Eastern Kentucky12
4Jacksonville State33Belmont1
3Belmont6

All-Tournament team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.

NameSchool
Craig MassoniAustin Peay
Jordan HankinsAustin Peay
Reed HarperAustin Peay
Cody HudsonAustin Peay
Michael DavisAustin Peay
Alex HughesEastern Kentucky
Luke WurzelbacherEastern Kentucky
Kyle NowlinEastern Kentucky
Bryan SolomanEastern Kentucky
Shane GrimmEastern Kentucky
Tristan ArcherTennessee Tech
Jason BlumSoutheast Missouri State
Chas BrookshireBelmont

Most Valuable Player

Austin Peay infielder Reed Harper was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

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References

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