2019 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–25. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Illinois State's Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The winner of the tournament, Indiana State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2]

2019 Missouri Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIndiana State (7th title)
Winning coachMitch Hannahs (1st title)
MVP()
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  y 147 .6674320 .683
Illinois State  y 147 .6673626 .581
No. 23 Indiana State  y 138 .6194318 .705
Bradley   1110 .5243119 .620
Evansville   1110 .5242429 .453
Missouri State   1011 .4762036 .357
Valparaiso   615 .2861436 .280
Southern Illinois   516 .2382629 .473


Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of July 16, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

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

TeamR
#6 Missouri State7
#7 Valparaiso1
TeamR
#5 Bradley4
#8 Southern Illinois7

Double-Elimination Rounds

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Dallas Baptist 1  
  6 Missouri State 0     1 Dallas Baptist 9  
    4 Evansville 2    
  2 Illinois State 4         1 Dallas Baptist 9            
  8 Southern Illinois 1           2 Illinois State 7              
      2 Illinois State 10           1 Dallas Baptist 5 3
      3 Indiana State 7         3 Indiana State 9 168
  3 Indiana State 7         2 Illinois State 6    
  4 Evansville 0       3 Indiana State 4     3 Indiana State 10  
  6 Missouri State 9     8 Southern Illinois 1  
  8 Southern Illinois 10  

Conference championship

Missouri Valley Championship
(1) Dallas Baptist Patriots vs. (3) Indiana State Sycamores
May 25, 2019, 2:00 p.m. (CDT) at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois
Team123456789RHE
(1) Dallas Baptist112000100570
(3) Indiana State02110203X990
WP: Austin Moralis (1–0)   LP: Cole Reeves (1–1)   Sv: Tyler Grauer (8)
Home runs:
DBU: Evan Sandmann; Blayne Jones; Andres Sosa
ISU: Chris Ayers
May 25, 2019, 6:15 p.m. (CDT) at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois
Team12345678RHE
(3) Indiana State6031000616161
(1) Dallas Baptist00010002360
WP: Jake Ridgway (2–0)   LP: Parker Towns (2–2)
Home runs:
ISU: Clay Dungan; Roby Enriquez; CJ Huntley
DBU: None

References

  1. "Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
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