2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2021 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Itchy Jones Stadium Carbondale, Illinois
Champions	Dallas Baptist  (4th title)
Winning coach	Dan Heefner  (4th title)
MVP	Jace Grady (Dallas Baptist)
Television	ESPN+
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2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‡‍y	18	–	6		.750			41	–	16		.719
Indiana State  ‍‍‍y	14	–	10		.583			31	–	21		.596
Bradley  ‍‍‍	12	–	10		.545			20	–	22		.476
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	15	–	13		.536			40	–	20		.667
Missouri State  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			21	–	23		.477
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			23	–	34		.404
Evansville  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			28	–	27		.509
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	9	–	19		.321			16	–	35		.314
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 12, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30, 2021. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Southern Illinois University's Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The winner of the tournament, Dallas Baptist, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. ^[2]

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 Illinois State	10
#7 Evansville	912

Team	R
#5 Missouri State	4
#8 Valparaiso	610

Double-Elimination Rounds

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Dallas Baptist	12
	8	Valparaiso	2			1	Dallas Baptist	10
						3	Bradley	5
	2	Indiana State	5								1	Dallas Baptist	10
	6	Illinois State	2								2	Indiana State	1
						2	Indiana State	11													1	Dallas Baptist	12	-
						4	Southern Illinois	8													2	Indiana State	811	-
	3	Bradley	1													2	Indiana State	9
	4	Southern Illinois	13								4	Southern Illinois	11			4	Southern Illinois	7
						8	Valparaiso	6			8	Valparaiso	5
						6	Illinois State	5

Conference championship

Missouri Valley Championship
(1) Dallas Baptist Patriots	vs.	(2) Indiana State Sycamores

May 30, 2021, 11:02 a.m. (CDT) at Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
(1) Dallas Baptist	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	5	12	14	1
(2) Indiana State	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	8	16	5
WP: Dominic Hamel (12–2)   LP: Connor Fenlong (4–2) Home runs: DBU: Jace Grady (2); Blayne Jones ISU: Aaron Beck

References

1. "Baseball standings". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
2. "Baseball Championship - Missouri Valley Conference".