2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2018 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Morehead State
2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 22 Tennessee Tech  273 .900467 .868
Southeast Missouri State  2010 .6672628 .481
Morehead State  1812 .6003223 .582
Jacksonville State  1812 .6003023 .566
Austin Peay  1713 .5673025 .545
Eastern Kentucky  1515 .5002729 .482
Murray State  1316 .4482627 .491
Eastern Illinois  1218 .4002330 .434
Belmont  1119 .3671936 .345
UT Martin  722 .2411140 .216
SIU Edwardsville  624 .2001537 .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.

Contents

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 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Tennessee Tech 5
4Jacksonville State2
4 Jacksonville State 8
5 Austin Peay 2
1Tennessee Tech10
3Morehead State5
2 Southeast Missouri 5
7 Murray State 2
2Southeast Missouri9
3Morehead State18
3 Morehead State 12
6 Eastern Kentucky 7
1Tennessee Tech63
3Morehead State114
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Austin Peay1
6Eastern Kentucky136Eastern Kentucky53Morehead State5
7Murray State66Eastern Kentucky11146Eastern Kentucky2
4Jacksonville State8
4Jacksonville State11
2Southeast Missouri0

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References

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  2. "2018 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. "2017-18 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.