2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2019 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Jacksonville State  (5th title)
Winning coach Jim Case  (5th title)
Television ESPN+
2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Jacksonville State  y228 .7333923 .629
Morehead State  1911 .6334021 .656
Austin Peay  1911 .6333225 .561
Belmont  1812 .6002730 .474
Eastern Kentucky  1614 .5333227 .542
Murray State  1614 .5332430 .444
Eastern Illinois  1317 .4332630 .464
UT Martin  1218 .4002531 .446
SIU Edwardsville  1119 .3671932 .373
Southeast Missouri State  1020 .3332332 .418
Tennessee Tech  921 .3002232 .407
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois. The tournament champion, Jacksonville State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 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 were seeded by conference winning percentage. After a play-in round between the bottom two seeds, the remaining seven teams played a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Results

Play in round

Team R
#8 UT Martin 2
#7 Eastern Illinois 1
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1 Jacksonville State 610
4Belmont5
4 Belmont 8
5 Murray State 1
1Jacksonville State8
2Austin Peay4
2 Austin Peay 12
8UT Martin2
2Austin Peay9
6Eastern Kentucky7
3 Morehead State 1
6 Eastern Kentucky 4
1Jacksonville State10
3Morehead State3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Morehead State2
8UT Martin45Murray State13Morehead State9
5Murray State93Morehead State112Austin Peay4
6Eastern Kentucky3
4Belmont8
6Eastern Kentucky15

Conference championship

Ohio Valley Championship
(3) Morehead State Eaglesvs.(1) Jacksonville State Gamecocks
May 25, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (CDT) at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois
Team123456789 R H E
(3) Morehead State0001001003104
(1) Jacksonville State00042220X10100
WP: Dylan Hathcock (3–0)   LP: David Looney (3–1)   Sv:None
Attendance: 422

References

  1. "Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2019 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  3. "2018-19 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.