2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, FL from May 22 through 25. East Tennessee State won their first tournament championship and claimed the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Buccaneers joined the conference in 2005.[2][3][4]

2013 Atlantic Sun Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsEast Tennessee State (1st title)
Winning coachTony Skole (1st title)
MVPKerry Doane, East Tennessee State
2013 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Mercer  ‍†‍‍y 20–7 .741  43–18 .705
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍ 19–8 .704  37–20 .649
North Florida  ‍‍‍ 18–9 .667  40–19 .678
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‡‍y 17–10 .630  36–24 .600
Stetson  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .556  26–31 .456
Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  30–30 .500
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  25–34 .424
South Carolina Upstate  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  28–30 .483
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .296  17–38 .309
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 3–24 .111  8–47 .145
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 3, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2013 tournament was an 8-team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invitations to the tournament. Northern Kentucky was not eligible for the tournament while it was reclassifying from Division II. Kennesaw State claimed the sixth seed over Lipscomb by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Mercer207.741
–
1
Florida Gulf Coast198.704
1
2
North Florida189.667
2
3
East Tennessee State1710.630
3
4
Stetson1512.556
5
5
Lipscomb1314.481
8
6
Kennesaw State1314.481
8
7
USC Upstate918.333
12
8
Jacksonville819.296
13
–
Northern Kentucky324.111
18
–

Bracket and results
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Mercer 12  
8 USC Upstate 6  
  1 Mercer 4  
  4 East Tennessee State 7  
4 East Tennessee State 4*
5 Stetson 3  
  4 East Tennessee State 4 —  
  8 USC Upstate 3 —  
8 USC Upstate 6  
5 Stetson 0  
  8 USC Upstate 10
  1 Mercer 1  
  4 East Tennessee State 7
  7 Kennesaw State 2
3 North Florida 6  
6 Lipscomb 1  
  3 North Florida 8*
  7 Kennesaw State 7  
2 Florida Gulf Coast 1
7 Kennesaw State 3  
  3 North Florida 2 2
  7 Kennesaw State 5 4  
6 Lipscomb 3  
2 Florida Gulf Coast 2  
  7 Kennesaw State 4
  6 Lipscomb 2  
  • * Game went to extra innings

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Position Player School
IF Chesny Young Mercer
OF/P Gaither Bumgardner USC Upstate
P Brandon Lee USC Upstate
OF Tyler Lesch USC Upstate
OF Jacob Bruce Kennesaw State
IF Chris McGowan Kennesaw State
C Max Pentecost Kennesaw State
IF Derek Niesman East Tennessee State
IF Alex Reynolds East Tennessee State
OF Jeremy Taylor East Tennessee State
P Kerry Doane East Tennessee State

Most Valuable Player

Kerry Doane was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Doane was a pitcher for East Tennessee State.[4]

References
  1. "Standings and Leaders". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
  2. "Baseball Championship". Atlantic Sun Conference. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
  3. "Baseball Seedings Clinched After Final Weekend of Play". Atlantic Sun Conference. May 18, 2013. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
  4. "Bucs Cap #ASunBSB Championship Run; Heading to NCAA". Atlantic Sun Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
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