2017 Summit League Baseball Tournament

Last updated
2017 Summit League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (18th title)
Winning coach Ryan Folmar  (3rd title)
MVPMiguel Ausua (Oral Roberts)
2017 Summit League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Oral Roberts  y254 .8624214 .750
North Dakota State  1911 .6333125 .554
South Dakota State  1812 .6002624 .520
Western Illinois  1215 .4441832 .360
Omaha  919 .3211240 .231
Fort Wayne  426 .133943 .173
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 27, 2017 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2017 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 24 through 27. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The winner of the tournament will earn the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage during the double round robin regular season. The teams will then play a double elimination tournament.

Results

 First RoundSemi-FinalsFinals
               
1Oral Roberts5 
4Western Illinois2 
 1Oral Roberts5 
 3South Dakota State3 
3South Dakota State6
2North Dakota State5 
 1Oral Roberts7-
 2North Dakota State0-
4Western Illinois4 
2North Dakota State11 
 2North Dakota State8
 3South Dakota State2 

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