2013 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
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
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Tennessee Tech  ‍†‍‍ 24–6 .800  40–17 .702
Austin Peay  ‍‍‡‍y 22–7 .759  47–15 .758
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 22–8 .733  38–20 .655
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 22–8 .733  32–26 .552
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16–13 .552  23–34 .404
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  26–33 .441
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–17 .393  22–27 .449
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  16–35 .314
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 10–20 .333  16–40 .286
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 9–21 .300  21–33 .389
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 4–26 .133  11–40 .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 22–25. The top six regular season finishers will meet 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]

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 Tech246.800
–
1
Austin Peay227.759
1.5
2
Belmont228.733
2
3
Jacksonville State228.733
2
4
Eastern Kentucky1613.552
7.5
5
Southeast Missouri State1317.433
11
6
Eastern Illinois1117.393
12
–
SIU Edwardsville1020.333
14
–
Morehead State1020.333
14
–
Murray State921.300
15
–
Tennessee–Martin426.133
20
–

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Jacksonville State 2     1 Tennessee Tech 5  
  5 Eastern Kentucky 11     6 Southeast Missouri State 1    
      1 Tennessee Tech 2              
      2 Austin Peay 6              
  3 Belmont 6     2 Austin Peay 13          
  6 Southeast Missouri State 9     5 Eastern Kentucky 4        
        2 Austin Peay 6 —
Loser's Bracket       5 Eastern Kentucky 3 —
  4 Jacksonville State 3        
  3 Belmont 6          
      6 Southeast Missouri State 2        
      3 Belmont 1          
            6 Southeast Missouri State 9              
          5 Eastern Kentucky 12              
      1 Tennessee Tech 4    
    5 Eastern Kentucky 6  

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.

References

  1. ↑ "2013 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ "2013 Division I Baseball Conference Championship Central". NCAA. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Austin Peay Wins 2012 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. May 27, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
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