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2013 Conference USA baseball tournament

FieldValue
Year2013
ConferenceConference USA
Teams8
Format2 division round-robin and championship game
BallparkReckling Park
CityHouston, TX
Champions
TitleCount5th
CoachWayne Graham
CoachCount5th
MVPChristian Stringer
MVPTeamRice

The 2013 Conference USA baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26 at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas. The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. won their fifth tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This is the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2012–13 academic year.

The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Entering the event, Tulane has won the most championships, with five. Among current teams, only Marshall and Memphis have never won a title.

This was to be the third year of a three-year contract placing the event at Trustmark Park, home of an Atlanta Braves Class-AA affiliate in Pearl, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi. However, the venue opted out of the contract, leaving Conference USA seeking a new home for the 2013 tournament. The conference announced that the tournament would instead be held at Reckling Park.

Seeding and format

The tournament continued the round-robin tournament format introduced in 2010. The top eight finishers from the regular season were seeded one through eight and divided into two pools. The winners of each pool then met in a single championship game.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
159.625–1
159.625–2
1410.58313
1410.58314
UCF1311.56525
1311.56526
1113.43547
717.29288
618.2509–

Bracket

| team-1-abbrev=RICE | team-1=Rice | team-2-abbrev=USM | team-2=Southern Miss | team-3-abbrev=ECU | team-3=East Carolina | team-4-abbrev=MEM | team-4=Memphis | team-5-abbrev=UCF | team-5=UCF | team-6-abbrev=HOU | team-6=Houston | team-7-abbrev=TUL | team-7=Tulane | team-8-abbrev=UAB | team-8=UAB

|color-1= ccffcc |1v4=W 10–1 |1v5=W 5–1 |1v8= W 3–1 |1total=3-0 |color-4= |4v1=L 1–10 |4v5=W 6–1 |4v8=W 6–5 |4total=2-1 |color-5= |5v1=L 1–5 |5v4=L 1–6 |5v8=L 1–5 |5total=0-3 |color-8= |8v1= L 1-3|8v4=L 5–6 |8v5=W 5–1 |8total=1-2

|color-2= ccffcc |2v3=L 7–8 |2v6= W 4–2 |2v7=W 10–7 |2total=2-1 |color-3= |3v2=W 8–7 |3v6=L 4–9 |3v7=L 5–6 |3total=1-2 |color-6= |6v2= L 2–4 |6v3=W 9–4 |6v7=L 2–3 |6total=1-2 |color-7= |7v2=L 7–10 |7v3=W 6–5 |7v6=W 3–2 |7total=2-1

| Finals-team1=Rice | Finals-score1=5* | Finals-team2=Southern Miss | Finals-score2=4

All-Tournament Team

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

PosNameSchool
CKeaton AldridgeMemphis
IFShane HoelscherRice
IFZach HouchinsEast Carolina
IFJustin MontemayorHouston
IFChristian StringerRice
OFBlake BrownSouthern Miss
OFLeon ByrdRice
OFDillon DaySouthern Miss
DHDrew ReynoldsEast Carolina
PJake DrehoffSouthern Miss
PAustin KubitzaRice
PJohn SimmsRice
PJordan StephensRice

Most Valuable Player

Christian Stringer was named Tournament MVP. Stringer was an infielder for Rice who was 7–14 in the tournament for a .500 average with one RBI, one Stolen Base, and five runs scored.

References

References

  1. Joseph Duarte. (November 15, 2012). "Rice to host 2013 C-USA baseball tourney". [[Houston Chronicle]].
  2. TJ Werre. (November 20, 2012). "C-USA Baseball Tournament Leaves Pearl". wjtv.com.
  3. "Conference USA Baseball Format for 2013". conferenceusa.com.
  4. "2012-13 Conference USA Championship Schedule". conferenceusa.com.
  5. "2013 Baseball Extended Standings". Conference USA.
  6. (May 26, 2013). "Rice Wins C-USA Baseball Championship". Conference USA.
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