2013 Summit League baseball tournament

2013 Summit League
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Oakland University Baseball Field Rochester, MI
Champions	South Dakota State (1st title)
Winning coach	Dave Schrage (1st title)
MVP	Daniel Telford (South Dakota State)

2013 Summit League baseball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Nebraska–Omaha  ‍†‍‍	20	–	6		.769			27	–	22		.551
South Dakota State  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	10		.615			35	–	24		.593
Oakland  ‍‍‍	15	–	13		.536			20	–	33		.377
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			24	–	25		.490
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	9	–	17		.346			19	–	35		.352
IPFW  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			22	–	32		.407
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2013 Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's five eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oakland University Baseball Field in Rochester, Michigan. Nebraska–Omaha was not eligible. South Dakota State claimed their first tournament championship and earned the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage. The teams then played a double elimination tournament. Nebraska–Omaha, in its first year in the Summit League and second at the Division I level, was not eligible for the tournament due to NCAA reclassification rules.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Nebraska–Omaha	20	6	.769	–	–
South Dakota State	16	10	.615	4	1
Oakland	15	13	.536	6	2
North Dakota State	11	13	.458	8	3
Western Illinois	9	17	.346	11	4
IPFW	9	21	.300	13	–

Results

	First round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	South Dakota State	2
	4	Western Illinois	4
						4	Western Illinois	0
						3	North Dakota State	3
	2	Oakland	0
	3	North Dakota State	2
											3	North Dakota State
											1	South Dakota State
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						1	South Dakota State	5
	1	South Dakota State	8			4	Western Illinois	4
	2	Oakland	4

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Stephen Bougher	South Dakota State
Dan Dispensa	Western Illinois
Kolton Emery	South Dakota State
David Ernst	North Dakota State
Tanner Glore	Western Illinois
Jason Hager	Oakland
Nolan Jacoby	Oakland
Kyle Kleinendorst	North Dakota State
Aaron Michel	Western Illinois
J. D. Moore	South Dakota State
Wes Satzinger	North Dakota State
Scott Splett	South Dakota State
John Straka	North Dakota State
Daniel Telford	South Dakota State

Most Valuable Player

Daniel Telford of South Dakota State was named Tournament Most Valuable Player, recording a pair of doubles and driving in the only run of the championship game.