2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2013 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Duffy Bass Field; Normal, IL;
Champions	Wichita State (18th title)
Winning coach	Gene Stephenson (18th title)
MVP	Garrett Bayliff (Wichita State)
Television	ESPN3
	← 2012; baseball tournament; 2014 →;

The 2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25. All eight teams will participate in the double-elimination tournament, which was held at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]^[3]

2013 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Illinois State ‍‍‍	16	–	5	.762	39	–	19	.672
Wichita State ‍‍‡‍^y	15	–	6	.714	39	–	28	.582
Creighton ‍‍‍	13	–	8	.619	30	–	18	.625
Missouri State ‍‍‍	12	–	9	.571	31	–	23	.574
Evansville ‍‍‍	10	–	10	.500	24	–	34	.414
Indiana State ‍‍‍	9	–	11	.450	26	–	25	.510
Southern Illinois ‍‍‍	6	–	15	.286	25	–	33	.431
Bradley ‍‍‍	2	–	19	.095	17	–	32	.347

‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 1, 2013^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams will play a two-bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single-elimination final.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Illinois State	16	5	.762	–	1
Wichita State	15	6	.714	1	2
Creighton	13	8	.619	3	3
Missouri State	12	9	.571	4	4
Evansville	10	10	.500	5.5	5
Indiana State	9	11	.450	6.5	6
Southern Illinois	6	15	.286	10	7
Bradley	2	19	.095	14	8

Results


First round			Second round			Semifinals				Final



1	Illinois State	11

8	Bradley	1
			1	Illinois State	6

			4	Missouri State	1
4	Missouri State	2

5	Evansville	1
						1	Illinois State	5

						5	Evansville	3
8	Bradley	3

5	Evansville	4	4	Missouri State	2

			5	Evansville	4


										1	Illinois State	2
2	Wichita State	1
										2	Wichita State	5
7	Southern Illinois	5
			7	Southern Illinois	0

			6	Indiana State	5
3	Creighton	3

6	Indiana State	4
						6	Indiana State	0	4

						2	Wichita State	5	5
2	Wichita State	11

3	Creighton	4	7	Southern Illinois	0

			2	Wichita State	15

All-Tournament Team

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

POS	Name	School
1B	Kyle Stanton	Illinois State
2B	Tanner Dearman	Wichita State
SS	Brett Kay	Illinois State
3B	Eric Harbutz	Wichita State
C	Mike Hollenbeck	Illinois State
UT	Tyler Baker	Wichita State
DH	Johnny Coy	Wichita State
OF	Garrett Bayliff	Wichita State
OF	Chad Hinshaw	Illinois State
OF	Mikel Muhca	Wichita State
P	Kris Gardner	Wichita State
P	Dan Savas	Illinois State

Most Outstanding Player

Wichita State outfielder Garrett Bayliff was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

References

^ "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 22, 2013.
^ Reinhardt, Randy (May 17, 2012). "ISU to Host MVC Baseball Tourney in 2013". Pantagraph.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.
^ "Coaches Select Missouri State as MVC Baseball Favorite". Missouri Valley Conference. January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

[1] "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 22, 2013.

[2] Reinhardt, Randy (May 17, 2012). "ISU to Host MVC Baseball Tourney in 2013". Pantagraph.com. Archived from the original on May 20, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

[3] "Coaches Select Missouri State as MVC Baseball Favorite". Missouri Valley Conference. January 30, 2013. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

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