2013 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament


The 2013 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament was held at M. L. Tigue Moore Field on the campus of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette in Lafayette, Louisiana, from May 22 to May 26, 2013. The tournament returned to the double-elimination format used prior to the two year experiment with pool play in 2011 and 2012. Florida Atlantic won their first tournament championship and earned the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Florida Atlantic joined the conference in 2006, and left for Conference USA after the 2013 season.[2][3][4][5][6]

2013 Sun Belt Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida Atlantic (1st title)
Winning coachJohn McCormack (1st title)
MVPBrendon Sanger (Florida Atlantic)
TelevisionESPN3/CSS
2013 Sun Belt Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 23 Troy  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 42 20   .677
South Alabama  ‍‍‍y 20 10   .667 43 20   .683
Louisiana–Lafayette ‍‍‍y 19 11   .633 43 20   .683
No. 24 Florida Atlantic  ‍‍y 19 11   .633 42 22   .656
Western Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 28 29   .491
Arkansas–Little Rock  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 28 28   .500
FIU  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 26 32   .448
Arkansas State  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 28 31   .475
Middle Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 28 28   .500
Louisiana–Monroe  ‍‍‍ 7 23   .233 18 36   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2013[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invites to the tournament. The teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage before playing a two bracket, double-elimination tournament. The winner of each bracket then played a championship final. Troy claimed the top seed over South Alabama and Louisiana–Lafayette earned the third seed over Western Kentucky by tiebreaker.[7]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Troy 20 10 .667 1
South Alabama 20 10 .667 2
Louisiana–Lafayette 19 11 .633 1 3
Florida Atlantic 19 11 .633 1 4
Western Kentucky 16 14 .533 4 5
FIU 14 17 .452 6.5 6
Arkansas–Little Rock 13 18 .419 7.5 7
Arkansas State 12 18 .400 8 8
Middle Tennessee 11 19 .366 9
Louisiana–Monroe 7 23 .233 13

Results

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First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Troy3
8Arkansas State2
1Troy1
4Florida Atlantic3
4Florida Atlantic5
5Western Kentucky4
4Florida Atlantic5
8Arkansas State4
8Arkansas State10
5Western Kentucky41Troy2
8Arkansas State3
4Florida Atlantic16
3Louisiana–Lafayette9
3Louisiana Lafayette8
6FIU6
3Louisiana-Lafayette9
2South Alabama2
2South Alabama10
7Arkansas–Little Rock2
3Louisiana Lafayette12
2South Alabama2
6FIU4
7Arkansas-Little Rock32South Alabama7
6FIU6

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[6]

Name School
Logan Pierce Troy
Edwin Rios FIU
John Koch Arkansas State
Alex Potts Arkansas State
Anthony Izzio South Alabama
Nick Zaharion South Alabama
Dex Kjerstad Louisiana–Lafayette
Austin Robichaux Louisiana–Lafayette
Jace Conrad Louisiana–Lafayette
Ryan Wilson Louisiana–Lafayette
Hugh Adams Florida Atlantic
Mark Nelson Florida Atlantic
Geoff Jimenez Florida Atlantic

Most Outstanding Player

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Brendon Sanger was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Sanger played for Florida Atlantic.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "2013 Standings and Leaders". Sun Belt Conference. Retrieved September 26, 2013.
  2. ^ "Conference Championship Central". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on April 23, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "Sun Belt Conference Baseball Championship". Sun Belt Conference. Archived from the original on May 9, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2013.
  4. ^ "Top-seeded Troy eliminated from Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament". al.com. May 24, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  5. ^ Matt Harris (May 26, 2013). "Florida Atlantic Claims First-Ever Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Title". wtvy.com. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
  6. ^ a b c "Florida Atlantic Claims First-Ever Sun Belt Baseball Tournament Title". Sun Belt Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  7. ^ "Troy top seed, South Alabama No. 2 in Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament". al.com. May 18, 2013. Retrieved August 3, 2013.