2016 Summit League Baseball Tournament

The 2016 Summit League Baseball Tournament will take place from May 25–28. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams will meet 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 2016 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2016 Summit League
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsOral Roberts (17th title)
Winning coachRyan Folmar (2nd title)
MVPNick Rotola, Oral Roberts
2016 Summit League baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Oral Roberts  ‍†‍‡‍y 22–8 .733  38–21 .644
Omaha  ‍‍‍ 18–12 .600  28–28 .500
IPFW  ‍‍‍ 14–16 .467  33–26 .559
South Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 13–17 .433  22–35 .386
North Dakota State  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  29–25 .537
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  14–36 .280
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

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.

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Oral Roberts228.733
—
1
Omaha1812.600
4
2
IPFW1416.467
8
3
South Dakota State1317.433
9
4
North Dakota State1218.400
10
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Western Illinois1119.367
11
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Results

  First Round Semi-Finals Finals
                             
1 Oral Roberts 6  
4 South Dakota State 5  
  1 Oral Roberts 5  
  3 IPFW 6  
3 IPFW 8
2 Omaha 6  
  3 IPFW 1 3
  1 Oral Roberts 4 14
4 South Dakota State 8  
2 Omaha 0  
  4 South Dakota State 2
  1 Oral Roberts 5  

References

  1. "Summit League - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. "2015-16 Summit League Championships Calendar". Summit League. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
  3. "#TheSummitLeague Announces 2016 Baseball/Softball League Schedules". Summit League. September 24, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2016.
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