2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament

2014 Summit League
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2014
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Erv Huether Field
Brookings, SD
Champions North Dakota State (1st title)
Winning coach Tod Brown (1st title)
MVP Reed Pfannestein (North Dakota State)
Summit League
Baseball Tournament
«2013  2015»
2014 Summit League baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Nebraska–Omaha 15 9   .625     31 20   .608
South Dakota State 11 11   .500     28 29   .491
Western Illinois 11 13   .458     21 32   .396
IPFW 11 13   .458     19 36   .345
North Dakota State y 10 12   .455     25 24   .510
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 24, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–24. The top four regular season finishers of the league's five teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Erv Huether Field on the campus of South Dakota State in Brookings, South Dakota. North Dakota State won its first tournament championship to earn The Summit League's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4]

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 was ineligible as it transitioned to Division I.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Nebraska–Omaha 15 9 .609
South Dakota State 11 11 .524
2
1
Western Illinois 11 13 .478
3
2
IPFW 11 13 .458
3.5
3
North Dakota State 10 12 .429
4
4

Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1  South Dakota State 3  
4  North Dakota State 4  
  4  North Dakota State 6  
  2  Western Illinois 1  
2  Western Illinois 8
3  IPFW 7  
  4  North Dakota State 9
  2  Western Illinois 0
1  South Dakota State 6  
3  IPFW 3  
  1  South Dakota State 2
  2  Western Illinois 5  

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Nick Altavilla North Dakota State
Tom Constand Western Illinois
David Ernst North Dakota State
Kristian Gayday Fort Wayne
Tanner Glore Western Illinois
Jon Hechtner North Dakota State
Jameson Henning Western Illinois
Chad Hodges South Dakota State
Michael Leach North Dakota State
Reed Pfannenstein North Dakota State (MVP)
JJ Reimer Western Illinois
Scott Splett South Dakota State
Parker Trewin North Dakota State
Evan VanSumeren Fort Wayne

Most Valuable Player

Reed Pfannenstein was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Pfannenstein was a pitcher for North Dakota State.[4]

References

  1. "2014 Baseball Standings". Summit League. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  2. "The 2014 Summit League Baseball Championship". The Summit League. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  3. "Sioux Falls To Host 2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament". The Summit League. February 26, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 "North Dakota State Captures Baseball Championship Title". Summit League. May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
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