2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 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)
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 24 Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍y 14 7   .667 43 20   .683
Illinois State  ‍‍‍y 14 7   .667 36 26   .581
No. 23 Indiana State  ‍‍y 13 8   .619 43 18   .705
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 31 19   .620
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 11 10   .524 24 29   .453
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 20 36   .357
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 6 15   .286 14 36   .280
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 5 16   .238 26 29   .473


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

Seeding and format

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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

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Play-In Round

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Team R
#6 Missouri State 7
#7 Valparaiso 1
Team R
#5 Bradley 4
#8 Southern Illinois 7

Double-Elimination Rounds

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Dallas Baptist1
6Missouri State01Dallas Baptist9
4Evansville2
2Illinois State41Dallas Baptist9
8Southern Illinois12Illinois State7
2Illinois State101Dallas Baptist53
3Indiana State73Indiana State9168
3Indiana State72Illinois State6
4Evansville03Indiana State43Indiana State10
6Missouri State98Southern Illinois1
8Southern Illinois10

Conference championship

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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
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(1) Dallas Baptist 1 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 7 0
(3) Indiana State 0 2 1 1 0 2 0 3 X 9 9 0
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
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
(3) Indiana State 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 16 16 1
(1) Dallas Baptist 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 6 0
WP: Jake Ridgway (2–0)   LP: Parker Towns (2–2)
Home runs:
ISU: Clay Dungan; Roby Enriquez; CJ Huntley
DBU: None

References

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  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.