2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, FL from May 22 through 25. East Tennessee State won their first tournament championship and claimed the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Buccaneers joined the conference in 2005.[2][3][4]

2013 Atlantic Sun Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Melching Field at Conrad Park DeLand, FL
Champions	East Tennessee State (1st title)
Winning coach	Tony Skole (1st title)
MVP	Kerry Doane, East Tennessee State

2013 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Mercer  ‍†‍‍^y	20	–	7		.741			43	–	18		.705
Florida Gulf Coast  ‍‍‍	19	–	8		.704			37	–	20		.649
North Florida  ‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			40	–	19		.678
East Tennessee State  ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	10		.630			36	–	24		.600
Stetson  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			26	–	31		.456
Kennesaw State  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			30	–	30		.500
Lipscomb  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			25	–	34		.424
South Carolina Upstate  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			28	–	30		.483
Jacksonville  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			17	–	38		.309
Northern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	3	–	24		.111			8	–	47		.145
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 3, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The 2013 tournament was an 8-team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invitations to the tournament. Northern Kentucky was not eligible for the tournament while it was reclassifying from Division II. Kennesaw State claimed the sixth seed over Lipscomb by tiebreaker.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Mercer	20	7	.741	–	1
Florida Gulf Coast	19	8	.704	1	2
North Florida	18	9	.667	2	3
East Tennessee State	17	10	.630	3	4
Stetson	15	12	.556	5	5
Lipscomb	13	14	.481	8	6
Kennesaw State	13	14	.481	8	7
USC Upstate	9	18	.333	12	8
Jacksonville	8	19	.296	13	–
Northern Kentucky	3	24	.111	18	–

Bracket and results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Mercer	12
	8	USC Upstate	6
						1	Mercer	4
						4	East Tennessee State	7
	4	East Tennessee State	4*
	5	Stetson	3
											4	East Tennessee State	4	—
										8	USC Upstate	3	—
	8	USC Upstate	6
	5	Stetson	0
						8	USC Upstate	10
						1	Mercer	1
																4	East Tennessee State	7
																7	Kennesaw State	2
	3	North Florida	6
	6	Lipscomb	1
						3	North Florida	8*
						7	Kennesaw State	7
	2	Florida Gulf Coast	1
	7	Kennesaw State	3
											3	North Florida	2	2
										7	Kennesaw State	5	4
	6	Lipscomb	3
	2	Florida Gulf Coast	2
						7	Kennesaw State	4
						6	Lipscomb	2

• * Game went to extra innings

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Position	Player	School
IF	Chesny Young	Mercer
OF/P	Gaither Bumgardner	USC Upstate
P	Brandon Lee	USC Upstate
OF	Tyler Lesch	USC Upstate
OF	Jacob Bruce	Kennesaw State
IF	Chris McGowan	Kennesaw State
C	Max Pentecost	Kennesaw State
IF	Derek Niesman	East Tennessee State
IF	Alex Reynolds	East Tennessee State
OF	Jeremy Taylor	East Tennessee State
P	Kerry Doane	East Tennessee State

Most Valuable Player

Kerry Doane was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Doane was a pitcher for East Tennessee State.[4]

References

1. "Standings and Leaders". Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved January 17, 2014.
2. "Baseball Championship". Atlantic Sun Conference. Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
3. "Baseball Seedings Clinched After Final Weekend of Play". Atlantic Sun Conference. May 18, 2013. Archived from the original on August 9, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
4. "Bucs Cap #ASunBSB Championship Run; Heading to NCAA". Atlantic Sun Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on August 4, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.