2013 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2013 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. The top six regular season finishers will meet 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]

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
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Tennessee Tech   246 .800  4017 .702
Austin Peay  y 227 .759  4715 .758
Belmont   228 .733  3820 .655
Jacksonville State   228 .733  3226 .552
Eastern Kentucky   1613 .552  2334 .404
Southeast Missouri State   1317 .433  2633 .441
Eastern Illinois   1117 .393  2227 .449
SIU Edwardsville   1020 .333  1635 .314
Morehead State   1020 .333  1640 .286
Murray State   921 .300  2133 .389
Tennessee–Martin   426 .133  1140 .216
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 4, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Tennessee Tech246.800
1
Austin Peay227.759
1.5
2
Belmont228.733
2
3
Jacksonville State228.733
2
4
Eastern Kentucky1613.552
7.5
5
Southeast Missouri State1317.433
11
6
Eastern Illinois1117.393
12
SIU Edwardsville1020.333
14
Morehead State1020.333
14
Murray State921.300
15
Tennessee–Martin426.133
20

Results

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Jacksonville State 2     1 Tennessee Tech 5  
  5 Eastern Kentucky 11     6 Southeast Missouri State 1    
      1 Tennessee Tech 2              
      2 Austin Peay 6              
  3 Belmont 6     2 Austin Peay 13          
  6 Southeast Missouri State 9     5 Eastern Kentucky 4        
        2 Austin Peay 6
Loser's Bracket       5 Eastern Kentucky 3
  4 Jacksonville State 3        
  3 Belmont 6          
      6 Southeast Missouri State 2        
      3 Belmont 1          
            6 Southeast Missouri State 9              
          5 Eastern Kentucky 12              
      1 Tennessee Tech 4    
    5 Eastern Kentucky 6  

All-Tournament team

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

NameSchool
Craig MassoniAustin Peay
Jordan HankinsAustin Peay
Reed HarperAustin Peay
Cody HudsonAustin Peay
Michael DavisAustin Peay
Alex HughesEastern Kentucky
Luke WurzelbacherEastern Kentucky
Kyle NowlinEastern Kentucky
Bryan SolomanEastern Kentucky
Shane GrimmEastern Kentucky
Tristan ArcherTennessee Tech
Jason BlumSoutheast Missouri State
Chas BrookshireBelmont

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.
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