2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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

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]

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

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

Double-Elimination Rounds

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

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

  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.