2013 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament was held at M. L. Tigue Moore Field on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana from May 22nd to May 26th, 2013. The tournament returned to the double-elimination format used prior to the two year experiment with pool play in 2011 and 2012. Florida Atlantic won their first tournament championship and earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Florida Atlantic joined the conference in 2006, and left for Conference USA after the 2013 season.[2][3][4][5][6]

2013 Sun Belt Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • M. L. Tigue Moore Field
  • Lafayette, LA
ChampionsFlorida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coachJohn McCormack (1st title)
MVPBrendon Sanger, Florida Atlantic
TelevisionESPN3/CSS
2013 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 23 Troy  ‍†‍‍y 20–10 .667  42–20 .677
South Alabama  ‍†‍‍y 20–10 .667  43–20 .683
Louisiana–Lafayette ‍‍‍y 19–11 .633  43–20 .683
No. 24 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍‡‍y 19–11 .633  42–22 .656
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16–14 .533  28–29 .491
Arkansas–Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  28–28 .500
FIU  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  26–32 .448
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  28–31 .475
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  28–28 .500
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 7–23 .233  18–36 .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage before playing a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket then played a championship final. Troy claimed the top seed over South Alabama and Louisiana–Lafayette earned the third seed over Western Kentucky by tiebreaker.[7]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Troy2010.667
–
1
South Alabama2010.667
–
2
Louisiana–Lafayette1911.633
1
3
Florida Atlantic1911.633
1
4
Western Kentucky1614.533
4
5
FIU1417.452
6.5
6
Arkansas–Little Rock1318.419
7.5
7
Arkansas State1218.400
8
8
Middle Tennessee1119.366
9
–
Louisiana–Monroe723.233
13
–

Results
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Troy 3  
8 Arkansas State 2  
  1 Troy 1  
  4 Florida Atlantic 3  
4 Florida Atlantic 5
5 Western Kentucky 4  
  4 Florida Atlantic 5 —  
  8 Arkansas State 4 —  
8 Arkansas State 10  
5 Western Kentucky 4  
  1 Troy 2
  8 Arkansas State 3  
  4 Florida Atlantic 16
  3 Louisiana Lafayette 8
3 Louisiana–Lafayette 9  
6 FIU 6  
  3 Louisiana-Lafayette 9
  2 South Alabama 2  
2 South Alabama 10
7 Arkansas–Little Rock 2  
  3 Louisiana Lafayette 12 —
  2 South Alabama 2 —  
6 FIU 4  
7 Arkansas-Little Rock 3  
  2 South Alabama 7
  6 FIU 6  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

NameSchool
Logan PierceTroy
Edwin RiosFIU
John KochArkansas State
Alex PottsArkansas State
Anthony IzzioSouth Alabama
Nick ZaharionSouth Alabama
Dex KjerstadLouisiana–Lafayette
Austin RobichauxLouisiana–Lafayette
Jace ConradLouisiana–Lafayette
Ryan WilsonLouisiana–Lafayette
Hugh AdamsFlorida Atlantic
Mark NelsonFlorida Atlantic
Geoff JimenezFlorida Atlantic

Most Outstanding Player

Brendon Sanger was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Sanger played for Florida Atlantic.[6]

References
  1. "2013 Standings and Leaders". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. "Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship". Sun Belt Conference. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  4. "Top-seeded Troy eliminated from Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament". al.com. May 24, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  5. Matt Harris (May 26, 2013). "Florida Atlantic Claims First-Ever Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Title". wtvy.com. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  6. "Florida Atlantic Claims First-Ever Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Title". Sun Belt Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  7. "Troy top seed, South Alabama No. 2 in Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament". al.com. May 18, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.
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