2014 Summit League Baseball Tournament

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

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

Summit League Baseball Tournament

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2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournaments

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