2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament


The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois. The tournament champion, Jacksonville State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008),and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The tournament began in 1979.

2019 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsJacksonville State (5th title)
Winning coachJim Case (5th title)
TelevisionESPN+
2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Jacksonville State  ‍y 22 8   .733 39 23   .629
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 40 21   .656
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 19 11   .633 32 25   .561
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 18 12   .600 27 30   .474
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 32 27   .542
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 16 14   .533 24 30   .444
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 13 17   .433 26 30   .464
UT Martin  ‍‍‍ 12 18   .400 25 31   .446
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 11 19   .367 19 32   .373
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 10 20   .333 23 32   .418
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 9 21   .300 22 32   .407
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

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The top eight regular season finishers were seeded by conference winning percentage. After a play-in round between the bottom two seeds, the remaining seven teams played a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Results

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Play in round

Team R
#8 UT Martin 2
#7 Eastern Illinois 1
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Jacksonville State610
4Belmont5
4Belmont8
5Murray State1
1Jacksonville State8
2Austin Peay4
2Austin Peay12
8UT Martin2
2Austin Peay9
6Eastern Kentucky7
3Morehead State1
6Eastern Kentucky4
1Jacksonville State10
3Morehead State3
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Morehead State2
8UT Martin45Murray State13Morehead State9
5Murray State93Morehead State112Austin Peay4
6Eastern Kentucky3
4Belmont8
6Eastern Kentucky15

Conference championship

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Ohio Valley Championship
(3) Morehead State Eagles vs. (1) Jacksonville State Gamecocks
May 25, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (CDT) at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(3) Morehead State 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 10 4
(1) Jacksonville State 0 0 0 4 2 2 2 0 X 10 10 0
WP: Dylan Hathcock (3–0)   LP: David Looney (3–1)   Sv: None
Attendance: 422

References

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  1. ^ "Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018-19 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.