2013 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

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 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)
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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.