2014 Summit League baseball tournament explained

Year:2014
Conference:Summit League
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Sioux Falls Stadium
City:Sioux Falls, SD
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Tod Brown
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Reed Pfannestein
Mvpteam:North Dakota State

The 2014 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 24. The top four regular season finishers of the league's five teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Sioux Falls Stadium in Sioux Falls, South Dakota hosted by South Dakota State. won its first tournament championship to earn The Summit League's automatic bid to the 2014 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 was ineligible as it transitioned to Division I.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
15 9
11 11 2 1
11 13 3 2
11 13 3.5 3
10 12 4 4

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Nick Altavilla North Dakota State
Tom Constand Western Illinois
David Ernst North Dakota State
Kristian Gayday Fort Wayne
Tanner Glore Western Illinois
Jon Hechtner North Dakota State
Jameson Henning Western Illinois
Chad Hodges South Dakota State
Michael Leach North Dakota State
Reed Pfannenstein North Dakota State (MVP)
JJ Reimer Western Illinois
Scott Splett South Dakota State
Parker Trewin North Dakota State
Evan VanSumeren Fort Wayne

Most Valuable Player

Reed Pfannenstein was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pfannenstein was a pitcher for North Dakota State.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The 2014 Summit League Baseball Championship. The Summit League. March 28, 2014. March 16, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140316231441/http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/bsb/2013-14/championship/index. dead.
  2. Web site: Sioux Falls To Host 2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament. The Summit League. February 26, 2014. March 28, 2014. March 28, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140328224803/http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/20140226q1uy6f. dead.
  3. Web site: North Dakota State Captures Baseball Championship Title. Summit League. May 24, 2014. May 24, 2014. August 17, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140817130827/http://www.thesummitleague.org/sports/bsb/2013-14/releases/20140524i1pkfq. dead.