2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

2018 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Choccolocco Park Oxford, Alabama
Champions	Morehead State
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2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 22 Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍	27	–	3		.900			46	–	7		.868
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍	20	–	10		.667			26	–	28		.481
Morehead State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			32	–	23		.582
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			30	–	23		.566
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍	17	–	13		.567			30	–	25		.545
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	15	–	15		.500			27	–	29		.482
Murray State  ‍‍‍	13	–	16		.448			26	–	27		.491
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			23	–	30		.434
Belmont  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			19	–	36		.345
UT Martin  ‍‍‍	7	–	22		.241			11	–	40		.216
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍	6	–	24		.200			15	–	37		.288
As of May 20, 2018 [1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 22 through 27. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. As tournament champion, Morehead State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament ^{[2] [3]} Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008), and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

Seeding and format

The top eight regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. After a play-in round between the bottom two seeds, the remaining seven teams will play a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Results

Play in round

Team	R
#8 Eastern Illinois	5
#7 Murray State	15

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	Tennessee Tech	5
						4	Jacksonville State	2
	4	Jacksonville State	8
	5	Austin Peay	2
											1	Tennessee Tech	10
											3	Morehead State	5
	2	Southeast Missouri	5
	7	Murray State	2
						2	Southeast Missouri	9
						3	Morehead State	18
	3	Morehead State	12
	6	Eastern Kentucky	7
																					1	Tennessee Tech	6	3
																					3	Morehead State	11	4
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
						5	Austin Peay	1
	6	Eastern Kentucky	13			6	Eastern Kentucky	5								3	Morehead State	5
	7	Murray State	6								6	Eastern Kentucky	1114			6	Eastern Kentucky	2
											4	Jacksonville State	8
						4	Jacksonville State	11
						2	Southeast Missouri	0

References

1. "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
2. "2018 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
3. "2017-18 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.