2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2012 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hammons Field Springfield, MO
Champions	Creighton  (3rd title)
Winning coach	Ed Servais  (3rd title)
MVP	Mike Gerber (Creighton)
Television	ESPN3
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2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Indiana State  ‍†‍‍y	14	–	7	–	0		.667			41	–	17	–	0		.707
Missouri State  ‍‍‍y	13	–	7	–	0		.650			39	–	20	–	0		.661
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0		.571			35	–	25	–	0		.583
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	10	–	9	–	0		.526			33	–	19	–	0		.635
Evansville  ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0		.476			32	–	27	–	0		.542
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Bradley  ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0		.381			27	–	27	–	1		.500
Creighton  ‍‍‡‍y	6	–	14	–	0		.300			26	–	28	–	0		.481
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of May 31, 2012 [1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^{[2] [3]}

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Indiana State	14	7	.667	–	1
Missouri State	13	7	.650	1	2
Wichita State	12	9	.571	2	3
Illinois State	10	9	.526	3	4
Evansville	10	11	.476	4	5
Southern Illinois	9	12	.429	5	6
Bradley	8	13	.381	6	7
Creighton	6	14	.300	7.5	8

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	5	Evansville	3
	4	Illinois State	10
						4	Illinois State	5
						8	Creighton	11
	8	Creighton	5
	1	Indiana State	0
											8	Creighton	10	-
											4	Illinois State	3	-
	1	Indiana State	5
	5	Evansville	8			4	Illinois State	5*
						5	Evansville	4
																	8	Creighton	8
	6	Southern Illinois	6
																	6	Southern Illinois	6
	3	Wichita State	3
						6	Southern Illinois	9*
						7	Bradley	8
	7	Bradley	5
	2	Missouri State	3
											6	Southern Illinois	3*	-
											2	Missouri State	2	-
	3	Wichita State	0
	2	Missouri State	7			7	Bradley	8
						2	Missouri State	11*

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. ^[4]

POS	Name	School
1B	Chris Serritella	Southern Illinois
2B	Jake Peter	Creighton
SS	Eric Cheray	Missouri State
3B	Chance Ross	Creighton
C	Brian Bajer	Southern Illinois
UT	Nick Judkins	Creighton
DH	Keenen Maddox	Missouri State
OF	Mike Gerber	Creighton
OF	Chad Hinshaw	Illinois State
OF	Brennan Murphy	Creighton
P	Todd Eaton	Southern Illinois
P	Cody Schumacher	Missouri State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton. ^[4]

References

1. "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". mvc.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
2. "2012 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship". mvc-sports.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012.
3. "Baseball Championship: Creighton 8, Southern Illinois 6". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
4. "2012 Baseball All-Tournament Team". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013.