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2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification Division
Teams 8
Format Double elimination
Site
Champions Jackson State (15th title)
Winning coach Omar Johnson (1st title)
MVP Alexander Juday (Jackson State)
Television ESPNU (Final)
2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Jackson State xy 19 5   .792     34 22   .607
Alabama State 18 6   .750     32 25   .561
Alcorn State 14 10   .583     16 41   .281
Alabama A&M 6 16   .273     8 41   .163
Mississippi Valley State 1 21   .045     5 44   .102
West
Southern x 14 10   .583     21 23   .477
Arkansas–Pine Bluff 13 11   .542     21 32   .396
Prairie View A&M 12 12   .500     27 27   .500
Texas Southern 12 12   .500     22 29   .431
Grambling State 9 15   .375     18 30   .375
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2013; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas from May 15 through May 19, 2013. First seed from the East Jackson State won their fifteenth tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

The double elimination tournament features the top four teams from each division, leaving Mississippi Valley State and Grambling State out of the field.

The top four finishers in each division were seeded one through four, with the top seed from each division facing the fourth seed from the opposite division in the first round, and so on. The teams then played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament with a one-game final between the winners of each bracket. Prairie View A&M claimed the third seed from the West over Texas Southern by tiebreaker.

* - Indicates game ended after 7 innings due to mercy rule.

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

Alexander Juday was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Juday was a pitcher for Jackson State who earned the victory in the championship game with a complete game and nine strikeouts, while yielding nine hits and two runs.


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