2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

2013 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	The Ballpark at Jackson; Jackson, TN;
Champions	Austin Peay (6th title)
Winning coach	Gary McClure (6th title)
MVP	Reed Harper (Austin Peay)
	← 2012; baseball tournament; 2014 →;

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]

2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
v t e	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

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


Upper round 1			Upper round 2			Upper final						Final



			1	Tennessee Tech	5

4	Jacksonville State	2	6	Southeast Missouri State	1

5	Eastern Kentucky	11				1	Tennessee Tech	2

						2	Austin Peay	6

			2	Austin Peay	13

3	Belmont	6	5	Eastern Kentucky	4

6	Southeast Missouri State	9
												2	Austin Peay	6	—

												5	Eastern Kentucky	3	—

Lower round 1			Lower round 2			Lower round 3			Lower final



									1	Tennessee Tech	4

						6	Southeast Missouri State	9	5	Eastern Kentucky	6

			6	Southeast Missouri State	2	5	Eastern Kentucky	12

4	Jacksonville State	3	3	Belmont	1

3	Belmont	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

^ "2013 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved October 2, 2013.
^ "2013 Division I Baseball Conference Championship Central". NCAA. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
^ "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.

[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.

[champ-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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