2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament

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2014 Summit League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsNorth Dakota State (1st title)
Winning coachTod Brown (1st title)
MVPReed Pfannestein (North Dakota State)
2014 Summit League baseball standings
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 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. Archived from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  3. ^ "Sioux Falls To Host 2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament". The Summit League. February 26, 2014. Archived from the original on March 28, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2014.
  4. ^ a b c "North Dakota State Captures Baseball Championship Title". Summit League. May 24, 2014. Archived from the original on August 17, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
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