2012 Summit League Baseball Tournament
The 2012 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 24–26. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oral Roberts University's J. L. Johnson Stadium. Oral Roberts won their fifteenth consecutive championship, claiming the tournament title every year but one of the sixteen seasons that they have been in the league, and will represent The Summit League in the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Oral Roberts (15th title) |
| Winning coach | Rob Walton (9th title) |
| MVP | Drew Bowen, Oral Roberts |
| 2012 Summit League baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oral Roberts †‡y | 17 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .739 | 38 | – | 25 | – | 0 | .603 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oakland | 15 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .714 | 25 | – | 31 | – | 0 | .446 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota State | 14 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .583 | 40 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Utah | 12 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .522 | 18 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IPFW | 8 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .333 | 16 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 7 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .333 | 18 | – | 33 | – | 1 | .356 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 7 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .292 | 17 | – | 35 | – | 1 | .330 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 2012[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral Roberts | 17 | 6 | .739 | ||
| Oakland | 15 | 6 | .714 | ||
| North Dakota State | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||
| Southern Utah | 12 | 11 | .522 | ||
| IPFW | 8 | 16 | .333 | ||
| South Dakota State | 7 | 14 | .333 | ||
| Western Illinois | 7 | 17 | .292 |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Utah | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 4 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | North Dakota State | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Utah | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Oakland | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Oral Roberts | 3 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Simon Anderson | North Dakota State |
| Drew Bowen | Oral Roberts |
| Tim Colwell | North Dakota State |
| Jason Hager | Oakland |
| Nolan Jacoby | Oakland |
| Brandon King | Oral Roberts |
| Kyle Kingsley | North Dakota State |
| Kyle Kleinendorst | North Dakota State |
| Brad Royer | Southern Utah |
| Tim Ryan | Oakland |
| Jared Schlehuber | Oral Roberts |
| Joe Spring | Oral Roberts |
| Mike Torrence | Oral Roberts |
| Jose Trevino | Oral Roberts |
Most Valuable Player
Drew Bowen was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Bowen played for Oral Roberts and earned the save in the championship game.[2]
References
- 2013 Summit League Record Book (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- "ORU Wins Two, Captures 15th-Straight League Title". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
- "2012 Baseball Championship". thesummitleague.org. Archived from the original on 2011-12-30. Retrieved 2012-05-28.