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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Tennessee Tech   246 .8004017 .702
Austin Peay  y 227 .7594715 .758
Belmont   228 .7333820 .655
Jacksonville State   228 .7333226 .552
Eastern Kentucky   1613 .5522334 .404
Southeast Missouri State   1317 .4332633 .441
Eastern Illinois   1117 .3932227 .449
SIU Edwardsville   1020 .3331635 .314
Morehead State   1020 .3331640 .286
Murray State   921 .3002133 .389
Tennessee–Martin   426 .1331140 .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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Tennessee Tech246.8001
Austin Peay227.7591.52
Belmont228.73323
Jacksonville State228.73324
Eastern Kentucky1613.5527.55
Southeast Missouri State1317.433116
Eastern Illinois1117.39312
SIU Edwardsville1020.33314
Morehead State1020.33314
Murray State921.30015
Tennessee–Martin426.13320

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.

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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