2019 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The winner of the tournament, Indiana State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2019 Missouri Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIndiana State (7th title)
Winning coachMitch Hannahs (1st title)
MVP,
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  y 147 .667  4320 .683
Illinois State  y 147 .667  3626 .581
No. 23 Indiana State  y 138 .619  4318 .705
Bradley   1110 .524  3119 .620
Evansville   1110 .524  2429 .453
Missouri State   1011 .476  2036 .357
Valparaiso   615 .286  1436 .280
Southern Illinois   516 .238  2629 .473
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The four lowest seeded teams played in a single elimination round, with the two winners advancing to the six-team double-elimination bracket.

Results

Play-In Round

TeamR
#6 Missouri State7
#7 Valparaiso1
TeamR
#5 Bradley4
#8 Southern Illinois7

Double-Elimination Rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Dallas Baptist 1  
  6 Missouri State 0     1 Dallas Baptist 9  
    4 Evansville 2    
  2 Illinois State 4         1 Dallas Baptist 9            
  8 Southern Illinois 1           2 Illinois State 7              
      2 Illinois State 10           1 Dallas Baptist 5 3
      3 Indiana State 7         3 Indiana State 9 168
  3 Indiana State 7         2 Illinois State 6    
  4 Evansville 0       3 Indiana State 4     3 Indiana State 10  
  6 Missouri State 9     8 Southern Illinois 1  
  8 Southern Illinois 10  

Conference championship

Missouri Valley Championship
(1) Dallas Baptist Patriots vs. (3) Indiana State Sycamores
May 25, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (CDT) at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois
Team123456789RHE
(1) Dallas Baptist112000100570
(3) Indiana State02110203X990
WP: Austin Moralis (1–0)   LP: Cole Reeves (1–1)   Sv: Tyler Grauer (8)
Home runs:
DBU: Evan Sandmann; Blayne Jones; Andres Sosa
ISU: Chris Ayers
May 25, 2019, 6:15 p.m. (CDT) at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois
Team12345678RHE
(3) Indiana State6031000616161
(1) Dallas Baptist00010002360
WP: Jake Ridgway (2–0)   LP: Parker Towns (2–2)
Home runs:
ISU: Clay Dungan; Roby Enriquez; CJ Huntley
DBU: None

References

  1. "Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
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