2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 24 through 29. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference will participate in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

2022 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hammons Field Springfield, Missouri
Champions	Missouri State (5th title)
Winning coach	Keith Guttin (5th title)
MVP	Mason Greer (Missouri State)
Television	ESPN+

2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Southern Illinois  ‍†‍‍	16	–	5	–	0		.762			44	–	16	–	0		.733
Evansville  ‍‍‍	14	–	6	–	0		.700			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍y	11	–	9	–	1		.548			34	–	22	–	1		.605
Bradley  ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0		.524			20	–	29	–	0		.408
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	10	–	10	–	1		.500			26	–	22	–	1		.541
Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍y	8	–	13	–	0		.381			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	7	–	14	–	0		.333			20	–	31	–	0		.392
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0		.250			16	–	32	–	0		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of November 22, 2024 Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The league's 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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
8 Valparaiso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
5 Indiana State	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	X	8	8	0
WP: Matt Jachec (9–2)   LP: Colin Fields (4–7) Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
7 Illinois State	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	9	0
6 Missouri State	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	2	X	9	11	0
WP: Riyan Rodriguez (3–0)   LP: Jared Hart (2–3) Boxscore

Double-elimination round

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Southern Illinois	1
	6	Missouri State	5			6	Missouri State	19
						4	Bradley	3
	2	Evansville	9								6	Missouri State	7
	5	Indiana State	1								2	Evansville	6
						2	Evansville	21													6	Missouri State	6	13
						3	Dallas Baptist	2													1	Southern Illinois	9	3
	3	Dallas Baptist	4													2	Evansville	5
	4	Bradley	3								3	Dallas Baptist	5			1	Southern Illinois	8
						1	Southern Illinois	8			1	Southern Illinois	7
						5	Indiana State	2

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup#	Score
First Round - Single Elimination
Tuesday, May 24
1	1:30 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Illinois State Elimination Game	5-1
Wednesday, May 25
2	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Indiana State vs. No. 8 Valparaiso Elimination Game	8-0
Second Round - Double Elimination - Wednesday, May 25
3	5:52 p.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Missouri State	1-5
4	9:15 p.m.	No. 2 Evansville vs. No. 5 Indiana State	9-1
Thursday, May 26
5	7:30 p.m.	No. 3 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Bradley	4-3
Third Round - Friday, May 27
6	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana State Elimination Game	8-2
7	3:00 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 4 Bradley	19-3
8	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Evansville vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist	21-2
Saturday, May 28
9	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist Elimination Game	7-5
10	3:00 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 2 Evansville	7-6
11	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 2 Evansville Elimination Game	8-5
Championship - Sunday, May 29
12	12:00 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 1 Southern Illinois	6-9
13	3:32 pm	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 1 Southern Illinois Elimination Game	13-3
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.