2012 Summit League Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oral Roberts University's J. L. Johnson Stadium. Oral Roberts won their fifteenth consecutive championship, claiming the tournament title every year but one of the sixteen seasons that they have been in the league, and will represent The Summit League in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2012 Summit League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (15th title)
Winning coachRob Walton (9th title)
MVPDrew Bowen, Oral Roberts
2012 Summit League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Oral Roberts  y 1760 .739  38250 .603
Oakland   1560 .714  25310 .446
North Dakota State   14100 .583  40200 .667
Southern Utah   12110 .522  18360 .333
IPFW   8160 .333  16400 .286
South Dakota State   7140 .333  18331 .356
Western Illinois   7170 .292  17351 .330
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Oral Roberts176.739
1
Oakland156.714
1
2
North Dakota State1410.583
3.5
3
Southern Utah1211.522
5
4
IPFW816.333
9.5
South Dakota State714.333
9
Western Illinois717.292
10.5

Results

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
4 Southern Utah 1  
1 Oral Roberts 2  
  1 Oral Roberts 3  
  3 North Dakota State 4  
3 North Dakota State 3
2 Oakland 2  
  1 Oral Roberts 4 4
  3 North Dakota State 1 3
2 Oakland 4  
4 Southern Utah 2  
  2 Oakland 2
  1 Oral Roberts 3  

[3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

NameSchool
Simon AndersonNorth Dakota State
Drew BowenOral Roberts
Tim ColwellNorth Dakota State
Jason HagerOakland
Nolan JacobyOakland
Brandon KingOral Roberts
Kyle KingsleyNorth Dakota State
Kyle KleinendorstNorth Dakota State
Brad RoyerSouthern Utah
Tim RyanOakland
Jared SchlehuberOral Roberts
Joe SpringOral Roberts
Mike TorrenceOral Roberts
Jose TrevinoOral Roberts

Most Valuable Player

Drew Bowen was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bowen played for Oral Roberts and earned the save in the championship game.[2]

References

  1. 2013 Summit League Record Book (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. "ORU Wins Two, Captures 15th-Straight League Title". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  3. "2012 Baseball Championship". thesummitleague.org. Archived from the original on 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-05-28.
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