2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2025 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
Format Single-elimination/Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Murray State  (1st title)
Winning coach Dan Skirka  (1st title)
Television ESPN+
2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Murray State  ‍†‍‡‍y17–8 .68042–14 .750
Missouri State  ‍†‍‍17–8 .68030–25 .545
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍16–11 .59337–20 .649
UIC  ‍‍‍16–11 .59322–33 .400
Illinois State  ‍‍‍15–12 .55628–28 .500
Belmont  ‍‍‍13–14 .48126–34 .433
Indiana State  ‍‍‍12–15 .44424–31 .436
Bradley  ‍‍‍12–15 .44416–35 .314
Evansville  ‍‍‍10–17 .37017–37 .315
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍5–22 .18510–40 .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 2, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 20 through 24 at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams will meet in the tournament, with the top 4 teams advancing directly to the double-elimination rounds. [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The league's top eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. The four lowest seeds will participate in a play-in round with the winners advancing to a six-team double-elimination bracket.

Results

Play-in Round

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 7:30 PM CT at Duffy Bass Field
Team12345678 R H E
No. 8 Indiana State20010001483
No. 5 Illinois State4010003614151
WP: Tyrelle Chadwick (6-3)   LP: Ty Brooks (3-5)
Boxscore
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 9:00 AM CT at Duffy Bass Field
Team123456789 R H E
No. 7 Bradley130003000773
No. 6 Belmont20321201X11161
WP: Joe Ruzicka (6-4)   LP: Gavin Thompson (3-6)   Sv: Andrew Perry (1)
Boxscore

Double-Elim Tournament

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Murray State15
6Belmont14111Murray State10
3Southern Illinois5
2Missouri State71Murray State5
5Illinois State24Illinois-Chicago2
2Missouri State51Murray State10–
4Illinois-Chicago112Missouri State5–
3Southern Illinois174Illinois-Chicago1
4Illinois-Chicago196Belmont102Missouri State4
6Belmont72Missouri State20
5Illinois State3

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference
Tuesday, May 20
17:30 pmNo. 8 Indiana State vs No. 5 Illinois State4−14 (F/8)
Wednesday, May 21
29:00 amNo. 7 Bradley vs No. 6 Belmont7−11
312:30 pmNo. 4 Illinois-Chicago vs No. 3 Southern Illinois19−17
44:00 pmNo. 6 Belmont vs No. 1 Murray State14−15 (F/11)
Thursday, May 22
511:00 amNo. 5 Illinois State vs No. 2 Missouri State2−7
63:00 pmNo. 6 Belmont vs No. 5 Illinois State7−3Illinois State Eliminated
77:00 pmNo. 3 Southern Illinois vs No. 1 Murray State5−10Southern Illinois Eliminated
Friday, May 23
811:00 amNo. 4 Illinois-Chicago vs No. 2 Missouri State11−5
93:00 pmNo. 6 Belmont vs No. 2 Missouri State10−20Belmont Eliminated
107:00 pmNo. 4 Illinois-Chicago vs No. 1 Murray State2−5
Saturday, May 24
1111:00 amNo. 4 Illinois-Chicago vs No. 2 Missouri State1−4Illinois-Chicago Eliminated
123:00 pmNo. 2 Missouri State vs No. 1 Murray State−
137:00 pmNo. 2 Missouri State vs No. 1 Murray State−

References

  1. ↑ "Missouri Valley Conference". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Missouri Valley Baseball Championship 2025". Missouri Valley Sports. Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2025.
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