2021 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDallas Baptist (4th title)
Winning coachDan Heefner (4th title)
MVPJace Grady (Dallas Baptist)
TelevisionESPN+
2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Dallas Baptist  y 186 .7504116 .719
Indiana State  y 1410 .5833121 .596
Bradley   1210 .5452022 .476
Southern Illinois   1513 .5364020 .667
Missouri State   1113 .4582123 .477
Illinois State   1215 .4442334 .404
Evansville   1116 .4072827 .509
Valparaiso   919 .3211635 .314
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 12, 2021[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30, 2021. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Southern Illinois University's Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The winner of the tournament, Dallas Baptist, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 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

TeamR
#6 Illinois State10
#7 Evansville912
TeamR
#5 Missouri State4
#8 Valparaiso610

Double-Elimination Rounds

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Dallas Baptist12
8Valparaiso21Dallas Baptist10
3Bradley5
2Indiana State51Dallas Baptist10
6Illinois State22Indiana State1
2Indiana State111Dallas Baptist12-
4Southern Illinois82Indiana State811-
3Bradley12Indiana State9
4Southern Illinois134Southern Illinois114Southern Illinois7
8Valparaiso68Valparaiso5
6Illinois State5

Conference championship

Missouri Valley Championship
(1) Dallas Baptist Patriots vs. (2) Indiana State Sycamores
May 30, 2021, 11:02 a.m. (CDT) at Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois
Team1234567891011RHE
(1) Dallas Baptist1000220101512141
(2) Indiana State220100100118165
WP: Dominic Hamel (12–2)   LP: Connor Fenlong (4–2)
Home runs:
DBU: Jace Grady (2); Blayne Jones
ISU: Aaron Beck

References

  1. "Baseball standings". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  2. "Baseball Championship - Missouri Valley Conference".
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