2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

2013 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAustin Peay (6th title)
Winning coachGary McClure (6th title)
MVPReed Harper (Austin Peay)
2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Tennessee Tech  ‍†‍‍ 24 – 6   .800 40 – 17   .702
Austin Peay  ‍‍‡‍y 22 – 7   .759 47 – 15   .758
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 22 – 8   .733 38 – 20   .655
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 22 – 8   .733 32 – 26   .552
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16 – 13   .552 23 – 34   .404
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 17   .433 26 – 33   .441
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11 – 17   .393 22 – 27   .449
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 16 – 35   .314
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20   .333 16 – 40   .286
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21   .300 21 – 33   .389
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 4 – 26   .133 11 – 40   .216
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Pringles Park in Jackson, Tennessee. The tournament champion will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers were seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye. Belmont claimed the third seed over Jacksonville State by tiebreaker.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Tennessee Tech 24 6 .800 – 1
Austin Peay 22 7 .759 1.5 2
Belmont 22 8 .733 2 3
Jacksonville State 22 8 .733 2 4
Eastern Kentucky 16 13 .552 7.5 5
Southeast Missouri State 13 17 .433 11 6
Eastern Illinois 11 17 .393 12 –
SIU Edwardsville 10 20 .333 14 –
Morehead State 10 20 .333 14 –
Murray State 9 21 .300 15 –
Tennessee–Martin 4 26 .133 20 –

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Tennessee Tech5
4Jacksonville State26Southeast Missouri State1
5Eastern Kentucky111Tennessee Tech2
2Austin Peay6
2Austin Peay13
3Belmont65Eastern Kentucky4
6Southeast Missouri State9
2Austin Peay6—
5Eastern Kentucky3—
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Tennessee Tech4
6Southeast Missouri State95Eastern Kentucky6
6Southeast Missouri State25Eastern Kentucky12
4Jacksonville State33Belmont1
3Belmont6

All-Tournament team

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

Name School
Craig Massoni Austin Peay
Jordan Hankins Austin Peay
Reed Harper Austin Peay
Cody Hudson Austin Peay
Michael Davis Austin Peay
Alex Hughes Eastern Kentucky
Luke Wurzelbacher Eastern Kentucky
Kyle Nowlin Eastern Kentucky
Bryan Soloman Eastern Kentucky
Shane Grimm Eastern Kentucky
Tristan Archer Tennessee Tech
Jason Blum Southeast Missouri State
Chas Brookshire Belmont

Most Valuable Player

Austin Peay infielder Reed Harper was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player.

References

  1. ^ "2013 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "2013 Division I Baseball Conference Championship Central". NCAA. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Austin Peay Wins 2012 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. May 27, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.