2013 Summit League baseball tournament explained

Year:2013
Conference:Summit League
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Oakland University Baseball Field
City:Rochester, MI
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Dave Schrage
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Daniel Telford
Mvpteam:South Dakota State

The 2013 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 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. claimed their first tournament championship and earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2] [3]

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.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
20 6 .769
16 10 .615 4 1
15 13 .536 6 2
11 13 .458 8 3
9 17 .346 11 4
9 21 .300 13

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Stephen Bougher South Dakota State
Dan Dispensa Western Illinois
Kolton Emery South Dakota State
David Ernst North Dakota State
Tanner Glore Western Illinois
Jason Hager Oakland
Nolan Jacoby Oakland
Kyle Kleinendorst North Dakota State
Aaron Michel Western Illinois
J. D. Moore South Dakota State
Wes Satzinger North Dakota State
Scott Splett South Dakota State
John Straka North Dakota State
Daniel Telford South 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Conference Championship Central. NCAA.org. May 3, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130423084353/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2013-02-22/2013-division-i-baseball-conference-championship-central. April 23, 2013. dead. mdy-all.
  2. Web site: The 2013 Summit League Baseball Championship. The Summit League. May 3, 2013. March 6, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130306013822/http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/bsb/2012-13/championship/index. dead.
  3. Web site: South Dakota State Captures League Baseball Championship. May 26, 2014. The Summit League. March 28, 2014.