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]
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 | – |
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 |
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.