2013 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2013
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site The Ballpark at Jackson
Jackson, TN
Champions Austin Peay (6th title)
Winning coach Gary McClure (6th title)
MVP Reed Harper (Austin Peay)
Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2012  2014»
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 22–25. 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]

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

  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.

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. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Austin Peay Wins 2012 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. May 27, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
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