The 2013 Atlantic Sun Conference baseball tournament was held at Melching Field at Conrad Park on the campus of Stetson University in DeLand, Florida, from May 22 through 25. won their first tournament championship and claimed the Atlantic Sun Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Buccaneers joined the conference in 2005.
Format and seeding The 2013 tournament was an 8-team double-elimination tournament. The top eight teams (based on conference results) from the conference earned invitations to the tournament. Northern Kentucky was not eligible for the tournament while it was reclassifying from Division II. Kennesaw State claimed the sixth seed over Lipscomb by tiebreaker. Team W L Pct. GB Seed 20 7 .741 – 1 19 8 .704 1 2 18 9 .667 2 3 17 10 .630 3 4 15 12 .556 5 5 13 14 .481 8 6 13 14 .481 8 7 9 18 .333 12 8 8 19 .296 13 – 3 24 .111 18 –
Bracket and results
* Game went to extra innings
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Position Player School IF Chesny Young Mercer OF/P Gaither Bumgardner USC Upstate P Brandon Lee USC Upstate OF Tyler Lesch USC Upstate OF Jacob Bruce Kennesaw State IF Chris McGowan Kennesaw State C Max Pentecost Kennesaw State IF Derek Niesman East Tennessee State IF Alex Reynolds East Tennessee State OF Jeremy Taylor East Tennessee State P Kerry Doane East Tennessee State
Most Valuable Player Kerry Doane was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Doane was a pitcher for East Tennessee State.
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