2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

The 2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas, from May 15 through 19, 2013. First seed from the East Jackson State won their fifteenth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double elimination
Finals site	LaGrave Field Fort Worth, TX
Champions	Jackson State (15th title)
Winning coach	Omar Johnson (1st title)
MVP	Alexander Juday (Jackson State)
Television	ESPNU (Final)

2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Jackson State  x‍‍‡‍y	19	–	5		.792			34	–	22		.607
Alabama State  ‍‍‍	18	–	6		.750			32	–	25		.561
Alcorn State  ‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			16	–	41		.281
Alabama A&M  ‍‍‍	6	–	16		.273			8	–	41		.163
Mississippi Valley State  ‍‍‍	1	–	21		.045			5	–	44		.102
West
Southern  x‍‍‍	14	–	10		.583			21	–	23		.477
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  ‍‍‍	13	–	11		.542			21	–	32		.396
Prairie View A&M  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			27	–	27		.500
Texas Southern  ‍‍‍	12	–	12		.500			22	–	29		.431
Grambling State  ‍‍‍	9	–	15		.375			18	–	30		.375
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2013 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The double elimination tournament features the top four teams from each division, leaving Mississippi Valley State and Grambling State out of the field.

Seeding and format

The top four finishers in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket. Prairie View A&M claimed the third seed from the West over Texas Southern by tiebreaker.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Jackson State	19	5	.792	–	1E
Alabama State	18	6	.750	1	2E
Alcorn State	14	10	.583	5	3E
Alabama A&M	6	16	.273	12	4E
Mississippi Valley State	1	21	.045	17	–
West Division
Southern	14	10	.583	–	1W
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	13	11	.542	1	2W
Prairie View A&M	12	12	.500	2	3W
Texas Southern	12	12	.500	2	4W
Grambling State	9	15	.375	4	–

Bracket

First round

Second round

Semifinals

Final

1E

Jackson State

5

4W

Texas Southern

4

1E

Jackson State

11

3E

Alcorn State

2

2W

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

8

3E

Alcorn State

11

1E

Jackson State

7

—

4W

Texas Southern

4

—

4W

Texas Southern

6

2W

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

5

3E

Alcorn State

4

4W

Texas Southern

7

1E

Jackson State

6

1W

Southern

7

3W

Prairie View A&M

2

4E

Alabama A&M

1

1W

Southern

9

2E

Alabama State

10

2E

Alabama State

16*

3W

Prairie View A&M

0*

2E

Alabama State

1

3

3W

Prairie View A&M

2

8

4E

Alabama A&M

4

3W

Prairie View A&M

6

1W

Southern

4

3W

Prairie View A&M

11

* - Indicates game ended after 7 innings due to mercy rule.

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	Player
Leo Rojas	Alabama State
Dillon Cooper	Alabama State
Angel Polo	Alcorn State
Stephen Wallace	Southern
Jerry Ford II	Texas Southern
Jeff Sealy	Prairie View A&M
Dominiq Harris	Prairie View A&M
A. J. Helms	Prairie View A&M
Aneko Knowles	Jackson State
Charles Tillery	Jackson State
Ethan Bright	Jackson State

Most Valuable Player

Alexander Juday was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Juday was a pitcher for Jackson State who earned the victory in the championship game with a complete game and nine strikeouts, while yielding nine hits and two runs.