2025 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2025 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Single-elimination/Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Little Rock  (1st title)
Winning coach Chris Curry  (1st title)
Television ESPN+
2025 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern Illinois  ‍†‍‍17–7 .70831–22 .585
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍18–8 .69226–28 .481
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍18–9 .66737–20 .649
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍16–11 .59330–25 .545
Southern Indiana  ‍‍‍15–12 .55627–29 .482
Lindenwood  ‍‍‍14–12 .53830–30 .500
UT Martin  ‍‍‍11–14 .44020–34 .370
Little Rock  ‍‍‡‍y8–16 .33327–34 .443
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍9–18 .33318–32 .360
Morehead State  ‍‍‍4–23 .14814–39 .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 2, 2025 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 21 through 24 at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Illinois. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's ten teams will meet in the tournament, with the top 4 teams receiving byes to the double elimination rounds. [2]

Contents

Seeding and format

The top eight finishers of the league's ten teams qualify for the conference tournament. Teams are seeded based on conference winning percentage, with the first tiebreaker being head-to-head record.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalSemifinalsFinal
1Eastern Illinois8
4Southeast Missouri State78Little Rock9
5Southern Indiana18Little Rock9
8Little Rock4
8Little Rock10
6Lindenwood1
2SIU-Edwardsville4
3Tennessee Tech16Lindenwood7
6Lindenwood66Lindenwood9
7UT Martin58Little Rock2–
1Eastern Illinois1–
Lower round 3Lower final
6Lindenwood1
1Eastern Illinois111Eastern Illinois3
2SIU-Edwardsville6

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference
Wednesday, May 21
19:00 amNo. 8 Little Rock vs No. 5 Southern Indiana10−1Southern Indiana Eliminated
212:30 pmNo. 7 UT Martin vs No. 6 Lindenwood5−6UT Martin Eliminated
34:00 pmNo. 8 Little Rock vs No. 4 Southeast Missouri State9−7Southeast Missouri State Eliminated
47:30 pmNo. 6 Lindenwood vs No. 3 Tennessee Tech9−1Tennessee Tech Eliminated
Thursday, May 22
511:00 amNo. 8 Little Rock vs No. 1 Eastern Illinois9−8
63:00 pmNo. 6 Lindenwood vs No. 2 SIU-Edwardsville7−4
73:00 pmNo. 1 Eastern Illinois vs No. 2 SIU-Edwardsville11−6SIU-Edwardsville Eliminated
Friday, May 23
82:00 pmNo. 8 Little Rock vs No. 6 Lindenwood4-1
96:00 pmNo. 6 Lindenwood vs No. 1 Eastern Illinois1-3Lindenwood Eliminated
Saturday, May 24
1012:00 pmNo. 8 Little Rock vs No. 1 Eastern Illinois
114:00 pmGame 10 Winner vs Game 10 Loser (if necessary)

References

  1. ↑ "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Ohio Valley Baseball Championship 2025". Ohio Valley Sports. Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2025.