2013 Summit League Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 23–26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's five eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oakland University Baseball Field in Rochester, Michigan. Nebraska–Omaha was not eligible. South Dakota State claimed their first tournament championship and earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

2013 Summit League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Oakland University Baseball Field
  • Rochester, MI
ChampionsSouth Dakota State (1st title)
Winning coachDave Schrage (1st title)
MVPDaniel Telford, South Dakota State
2013 Summit League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Nebraska–Omaha  ‍†‍‍ 20–6 .769  27–22 .551
South Dakota State  ‍‍‡‍y 16–10 .615  35–24 .593
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 15–13 .536  20–33 .377
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  24–25 .490
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 9–17 .346  19–35 .352
IPFW  ‍‍‍ 9–21 .300  22–32 .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament. Nebraska–Omaha, in its first year in the Summit League and second at the Division I level, was not eligible for the tournament due to NCAA reclassification rules.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Nebraska–Omaha206.769
–
–
South Dakota State1610.615
4
1
Oakland1513.536
6
2
North Dakota State1113.458
8
3
Western Illinois917.346
11
4
IPFW921.300
13
–

Results
  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 South Dakota State 2  
4 Western Illinois 4  
  4 Western Illinois 0  
  3 North Dakota State 3  
2 Oakland 0
3 North Dakota State 2  
  3 North Dakota State 0 0
  1 South Dakota State 2 1
1 South Dakota State 8  
2 Oakland 4  
  1 South Dakota State 5
  4 Western Illinois 4  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2][4]

NameSchool
Stephen BougherSouth Dakota State
Dan DispensaWestern Illinois
Kolton EmerySouth Dakota State
David ErnstNorth Dakota State
Tanner GloreWestern Illinois
Jason HagerOakland
Nolan JacobyOakland
Kyle KleinendorstNorth Dakota State
Aaron MichelWestern Illinois
J. D. MooreSouth Dakota State
Wes SatzingerNorth Dakota State
Scott SplettSouth Dakota State
John StrakaNorth Dakota State
Daniel TelfordSouth Dakota State

Most Valuable Player

Daniel Telford of South Dakota State was named Tournament Most Valuable Player, recording a pair of doubles and driving in the only run of the championship game.[2][4]

References
  1. "2013 Baseball Standings". Summit League. Retrieved November 11, 2013.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". NCAA.org. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  3. "The 2013 Summit League Baseball Championship". The Summit League. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  4. "South Dakota State Captures League Baseball Championship". The Summit League. May 26, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
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