2023 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Tournament

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The 2023 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held May 11-14 at Jackson Field in Lansing, MI. #1 Wayne State University defeated #4 Grand Valley State University for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Wayne State University 24-6 Ryan Kelley
2 Davenport University 20-10 Kevin Tidey
3 Saginaw Valley State University 17-13 Adam Piotrowicz
4 Grand Valley State University 15-15 Jamie Detillion
5 Purdue University Northwest 9-21 Dave Griffin
6 University of Wisconsin-Parkside 5-25 Zac Charbonneau

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Wayne State (MI) 6  
  6 UW Parkside 4     1 Wayne State (MI) 2  
    3 Saginaw Valley State 1    
  2 Davenport 1         1 Wayne State (MI) 10            
  5 Purdue-Northwest 9           5 Purdue-Northwest 1              
      5 Purdue-Northwest 13           1 Wayne State (MI) 8 4
      4 Grand Valley State 8         4 Grand Valley State 9 2
  3 Saginaw Valley State 7         5 Purdue-Northwest 2    
  4 Grand Valley State 8       4 Grand Valley State 7     4 Grand Valley State 9  
  2 Davenport 10     2 Davenport 5  
  6 UW Parkside 5  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 11
Game 1 Purdue University Northwest 9-1 Davenport University
Game 2 Wayne State University 6-4 University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Game 3 Grand Valley State University 8-7 (12) Saginaw Valley State University
May 12
Game 4 Davenport University 10-5 University of Wisconsin-Parkside UW Parkside eliminated
Game 5 Wayne State University 2-1 Saginaw Valley State University Saginaw Valley State eliminated
Game 6 Purdue University Northwest 13-8 Grand Valley State University
May 13
Game 7 Wayne State University 10-1 Purdue University Northwest
Game 8 Grand Valley State University 7-5 Davenport University Davenport eliminated
Game 9 Grand Valley State University 9-2 Purdue University Northwest Purdue Northwest eliminated
May 14
Game 10 Grand Valley State University 9-8 (10) Wayne State University
Game 11 Wayne State University 4-2 Grand Valley State University Wayne State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • C: Brendan Guciardo, Grand Valley State
  • 1B: Bennett Hitzelberger, Wayne State
  • 2B: Ethan Imlach, Purdue Northwest
  • 3B: Jonas Gulbrandsen, Grand Valley State
  • SS: Jayden Smith, Purdue Northwest
  • OF: Hayden Matulich, Purdue Northwest
  • OF: Kyle Nott, Grand Valley State
  • OF: Rudy Ramirez, Wayne State
  • DH: Tony Hatzigeorgiou, Wayne State
  • UT: Connor Schuman, Grand Valley State
  • UT: Ryan Brouch, UW Parkside
  • SP: Griffin Kilander, Wayne State
  • SP: Ryan Korolden, Wayne State
  • SP: Karter Fitzpatrick, Wayne State
  • SP: Ayden VanEnkevort, Grand Valley State
  • RP: Josh Schell, Grand Valley State