2012 Summit League baseball tournament

The 2012 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 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]

2012 Summit League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (15th title)
Winning coachRob Walton (9th title)
MVPDrew Bowen (Oral Roberts)
2012 Summit League baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y 17–6–0 .73938–25–0 .603
Oakland  ‍‍‍ 15–6–0 .71425–31–0 .446
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 14–10–0 .58340–20–0 .667
Southern Utah  ‍‍‍ 12–11–0 .52218–36–0 .333
IPFW  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .33316–40–0 .286
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 7–14–0 .33318–33–1 .356
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 7–17–0 .29217–35–1 .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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Oral Roberts176.739–1
Oakland156.71412
North Dakota State1410.5833.53
Southern Utah1211.52254
IPFW816.3339.5–
South Dakota State714.3339–
Western Illinois717.29210.5–

Results
Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
4Southern Utah1
1Oral Roberts2
1Oral Roberts3
3North Dakota State4
3North Dakota State3
2Oakland2
1Oral Roberts
3North Dakota State
Lower round 1Lower final
2Oakland2
2Oakland41Oral Roberts3
4Southern Utah2

[3]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

NameSchool
Simon AndersonNorth Dakota State
Drew BowenOral Roberts
Tim ColwellNorth Dakota State
Jason HagerOakland
Nolan JacobyOakland
Brandon KingOral Roberts
Kyle KingsleyNorth Dakota State
Kyle KleinendorstNorth Dakota State
Brad RoyerSouthern Utah
Tim RyanOakland
Jared SchlehuberOral Roberts
Joe SpringOral Roberts
Mike TorrenceOral Roberts
Jose TrevinoOral 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
  1. 2013 Summit League Record Book (PDF). The Summit League. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  2. "ORU Wins Two, Captures 15th-Straight League Title". thesummitleague.org. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
  3. "2012 Baseball Championship". thesummitleague.org. Archived from the original on December 30, 2011. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
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