Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Southeast Missouri State (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Andy Sawyers (1st title) |
MVP | Wade Stauss (Southeast Missouri State) |
Television | ESPN+ |
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Southeast Missouri State ‡y | 17 | – | 10 | .630 | 30 | – | 22 | .577 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Murray State | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 33 | – | 25 | .569 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morehead State | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 24 | – | 23 | .511 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jacksonville State | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 26 | – | 27 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Austin Peay | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | 23 | – | 33 | .411 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tennessee Tech | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 22 | – | 25 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Illinois | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 25 | – | 23 | .521 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Belmont | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 22 | – | 30 | .423 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SIU Edwardsville | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 23 | – | 27 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 21 | – | 32 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Martin | 10 | – | 17 | .370 | 19 | – | 29 | .396 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball |
The 2021 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 27 through 29 at The Ballpark at Jackson, a neutral venue in Jackson, Tennessee. The annual tournament determines the tournament champion of Division I Ohio Valley Conference in college baseball. The tournament champion then earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2]
Thursday, May 27 | Friday, May 28 | Saturday, May 29 | |||||||||||||
1 | Southeast Missouri | 11 | |||||||||||||
4 | Austin Peay | 8 | |||||||||||||
1 | Southeast Missouri | 6 | |||||||||||||
Winner's bracket | |||||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 5 | |||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 813 | |||||||||||||
3 | Morehead State | 7 | |||||||||||||
1 | Southeast Missouri | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 | Austin Peay | 3 | |||||||||||||
3 | Morehead State | 1 | |||||||||||||
4 | Austin Peay | 6 | |||||||||||||
Loser's bracket | |||||||||||||||
2 | Murray State | 711 |
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