2012 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAustin Peay (5th title)
Winning coachGary McClure (5th title)
MVPGreg Bachman (Austin Peay)
2012 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Austin Peay  y 197 .7314024 .625
Eastern Kentucky   197 .7313123 .574
Jacksonville State   1710 .6302830 .483
Eastern Illinois   1511 .5772929 .500
Morehead State   1314 .4812827 .509
SIU Edwardsville   1314 .4812728 .491
Southeast Missouri State   1215 .4442326 .469
Tennessee Tech   1016 .3852132 .396
Murray State   819 .2962333 .411
Tennessee–Martin   720 .2591341 .241
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 5, 2012[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Pringles Park. The Ohio Valley Conference has ten teams, but SIU Edwardsville was not eligible for postseason play. Austin Peay won their fifth Ohio Valley Championship by a score of 3–0 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top six regular season finishers were seeded by conference winning percentage. Austin Peay claimed the top seed by tiebreaker. SIU Edwardsville was not eligible for postseason play, leaving the sixth seed to Southeast Missouri State.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Austin Peay197.7311
Eastern Kentucky197.7312
Jacksonville State1710.6212.53
Eastern Illinois1511.57744
Morehead State1314.4816.55
SIU Edwardsville1314.4816.5
Southeast Missouri State1215.4447.56
Tennessee Tech1016.3859
Murray State819.29611.5
Tennessee–Martin720.25912.5

Results

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
2Eastern Kentucky2
4Eastern Illinois24Eastern Illinois11
5Morehead State14Eastern Illinois7
6Southeast Missouri State6
1Austin Peay3
3Jacksonville State16Southeast Missouri State4
6Southeast Missouri State4
4Eastern Illinois00
1Austin Peay73
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
1Austin Peay10
1Austin Peay7*6Southeast Missouri State6
2Eastern Kentucky43Jacksonville State6*
3Jacksonville State123Jacksonville State9
5Morehead State4

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.[3]

NameSchool
Sam EberleJacksonville State
Kenton ParmleySoutheast Missouri State
Ryan DineenEastern Illinois
Greg BachmanAustin Peay
Reed HarperAustin Peay
Jordan HankinsAustin Peay
Kyle BluesteinJacksonville State
Rolando GautierAustin Peay
Ben ThomaEastern Illinois
Daniel WattsJacksonville State
Mike HoekstraEastern Illinois
Kacy KemmerAustin Peay
Zach ToneyAustin Peay

Most Valuable Player

Greg Bachman of Austin Peay was named Tournament Most Valuable Player.[3]

References

  1. "2012 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  2. "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2012. Retrieved June 2, 2012.
  3. 1 2 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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