2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

Last updated
2019 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Indiana State  (7th title)
Winning coach Mitch Hannahs  (1st title)
Television ESPN+
2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  y147 .6674320 .683
Illinois State  y147 .6673626 .581
No. 23 Indiana State  y138 .6194318 .705
Bradley  1110 .5243119 .620
Evansville  1110 .5242429 .453
Missouri State  1011 .4762036 .357
Valparaiso  615 .2861436 .280
Southern Illinois  516 .2382629 .473


Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of July 16, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 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]

Contents

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

Team R
#6 Missouri State7
#7 Valparaiso1
Team R
#5 Bradley4
#8 Southern Illinois7

Double-Elimination Rounds

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Dallas Baptist1
6Missouri State01Dallas Baptist9
4Evansville2
2Illinois State41Dallas Baptist9
8Southern Illinois12Illinois State7
2Illinois State101Dallas Baptist53
3Indiana State73Indiana State9168
3Indiana State72Illinois State6
4Evansville03Indiana State43Indiana State10
6Missouri State98Southern Illinois1
8Southern Illinois10

Conference championship

Missouri Valley Championship
(1) Dallas Baptist Patriotsvs.(3) Indiana State Sycamores
May 25, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (CDT) at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois
Team123456789 R H E
(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
Team12345678 R H E
(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

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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.