2018 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMissouri State (4th title)
Winning coachKeith Guttin (4th title)
MVPBen Whetstone (Missouri State)
TelevisionESPN+
2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 29 Missouri State   183 .8573515 .700
Dallas Baptist   165 .7623617 .679
Bradley   1110 .5243017 .638
Indiana State   1110 .5242922 .569
Southern Illinois   1011 .4762728 .491
Illinois State   912 .4292228 .440
Valparaiso   615 .2861832 .360
Evansville   318 .1431237 .245
Tournament champion
As of May 20, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 26. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament that was held at Dallas Baptist's Horner Ballpark in Dallas, Texas. The winner of the tournament earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Results

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
1 Missouri State 10
8 Evansville 0
1 Missouri State 4
4 Indiana State 2
4 Indiana State 9
5 Southern Illinois 7
1 Missouri State 9
4 Indiana State 6
5 Southern Illinois 512
8 Evansville 4
5 Southern Illinois 12
4 Indiana State 14 10
1 Missouri State 710
2 Dallas Baptist 6
2 Dallas Baptist 10
7 Valparaiso 13
7 Valparaiso 9
3 Bradley 11
3 Bradley 14
6 Illinois State 2
3 Bradley 7 1
2 Dallas Baptist 14 117
2 Dallas Baptist 10
6 Illinois State 6
2 Dallas Baptist 7
7 Valparaiso 5

References

  1. "Conference standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. "2017-18 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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