2013_Conference_USA_Baseball_Tournament
2013 Conference USA baseball tournament
Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2013 Conference USA baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26 at Reckling Park in Houston, Texas.[2][3] The annual tournament determines the conference champion of the Division I Conference USA for college baseball. Rice won their fifth tournament championship and claimed the league's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[4] This is the last of 19 athletic championship events held by the conference in the 2012–13 academic year.[5]
The tournament was established in 1996, Conference USA's first season of play. Entering the event, Tulane has won the most championships, with five. Among current teams, only Marshall and Memphis have never won a title.
This was to be the third year of a three-year contract placing the event at Trustmark Park, home of an Atlanta Braves Class-AA affiliate in Pearl, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, Mississippi. However, the venue opted out of the contract, leaving Conference USA seeking a new home for the 2013 tournament. The conference announced that the tournament would instead be held at Reckling Park.[2][3]