2013 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Site	Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium Newark, NJ
Champions	Houston Baptist (1st title)
Winning coach	Jared Moon (1st title)
MVP	Luke Clements (Houston Baptist)
Great West Conference Baseball Tournament «2012  2014»

2013 Great West Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Northern Colorado †	20	–	7	–	0		.741			33	–	24	–	0		.579
Houston Baptist ‡	17	–	10	–	0		.630			34	–	24	–	1		.585
Texas-Pan American	17	–	10	–	0		.630			28	–	30	–	0		.483
Utah Valley	15	–	9	–	0		.625			24	–	30	–	0		.444
North Dakota	13	–	11	–	0		.542			25	–	22	–	1		.531
NJIT	11	–	16	–	0		.407			20	–	34	–	0		.370
NYIT	8	–	20	–	0		.286			10	–	47	–	0		.175
Chicago State	5	–	23	–	0		.179			10	–	45	–	0		.182
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 1, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Great West Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. All eight of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at new Jersey Institute of Technology's Bears & Eagles Riverfront Stadium in Newark, New Jersey. As the Great West is a new conference, the league does not have an automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Third seeded Houston Baptist won their first championship, ending Utah Valley's run of three consecutive titles dating to the event's inception.^[2][3][4]

Seeding and format

All eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage only and then met in a double-elimination bracket.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Northern Colorado	20	7	.741	–	1
Texas–Pan American	17	10	.640	3	2
Houston Baptist	17	10	.630	3	3
Utah Valley	15	9	.625	3.5	4
North Dakota	13	11	.542	5.5	5
NJIT	11	16	.407	9	6
NYIT	8	20	.286	12.5	7
Chicago State	5	23	.179	15	8

Results

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3					Round 4					Final
	Winner's Bracket
	1	Northern Colorado	13
	8	Chicago State	1
						1	Northern Colorado	3
						5	North Dakota	11
	4	Utah Valley	7
	5	North Dakota	8
											5	North Dakota	4
											3	Houston Baptist	8
	3	Houston Baptist	11
	6	NJIT	6
						3	Houston Baptist	3
						2	Texas-Pan American	1
	2	Texas–Pan American	7
	7	NYIT	6																		3	Houston Baptist	13
																					1	Northern Colorado	3
	Loser's Bracket
	8	Chicago State	3
	4	Utah Valley	2			2	Texas-Pan American	1
						8	Chicago State	4
											1	Northern Colorado	11
	6	NJIT	9								8	Chicago State	7			5	North Dakota	8
	7	NYIT	6			1	Northern Colorado	4								1	Northern Colorado	11
						6	NJIT	2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament team.^[4]

Name	School
Luke Clements	Houston Baptist
Tyler Hoelscher	Houston Baptist
C. J. Jarvis	Houston Baptist
Curtis Jones	Houston Baptist
Jake Gonzalez	Houston Baptist
Andrew Wellwerts	Chicago State
Mattingly Romanin	Chicago State
Tom Bouck	NJIT
Jeff Campbell	North Dakota
Jacob Threlkeld	North Dakota
Nick Miller	Northern Colorado
Jensen Park	Northern Colorado
Jake Johnson	Northern Colorado
Dusten Knight	Texas–Pan American

Most Valuable Player

Luke Clements was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Clements was an outfielder for Houston Baptist.^[4]

References

1. "Baseball statistics". Great West Conference. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
2. "2012-13 Great West Championships". Great West Conference. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
3. "Utah Valley Picked to Win Fourth-Straight GWC Baseball Championship". Great West Conference. Retrieved April 20, 2013.
4. "Houston Baptist Wins Great West Conference Baseball Tournament". Great West Conference. May 25, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.