2017 Summit League baseball tournament


The 2017 Summit League baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 27. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at J. L. Johnson Stadium on the campus of Oral Roberts in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The winner of the tournament will earn the Summit League's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3][4]

2017 Summit League
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (18th title)
Winning coachRyan Folmar (3rd title)
MVPMiguel Ausua (Oral Roberts)
2017 Summit League baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍y 25 4   .862 42 14   .750
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 31 25   .554
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 26 24   .520
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 18 32   .360
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 9 19   .321 12 40   .231
Fort Wayne  ‍‍‍ 4 26   .133 9 43   .173
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship
As of May 27, 2017[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage during the double round robin regular season. The teams will then play a double elimination tournament.

Results

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First roundSemi-finalsFinals
1Oral Roberts5
4Western Illinois2
1Oral Roberts5
3South Dakota State3
3South Dakota State6
2North Dakota State5
1Oral Roberts
2North Dakota State
Lower round 1Lower final
2North Dakota State8
4Western Illinois43South Dakota State2
2North Dakota State11

References

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  1. ^ "Conference Standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  2. ^ "2016-17 Summit League Championships Calendar". Summit League. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  3. ^ "Summit League Announces 2017 Baseball/Softball League Schedules". Summit League. September 22, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.