2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

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2012 Missouri Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCreighton (3rd title)
Winning coachEd Servais (3rd title)
MVPMike Gerber (Creighton)
TelevisionESPN3
2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Indiana State  ‍†‍‍y 14 – 7 – 0   .667 41 – 17 – 0   .707
Missouri State  ‍‍‍y 13 – 7 – 0   .650 39 – 20 – 0   .661
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 9 – 0   .571 35 – 25 – 0   .583
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 9 – 0   .526 33 – 19 – 0   .635
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11 – 0   .476 32 – 27 – 0   .542
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 9 – 12 – 0   .429 31 – 28 – 0   .525
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 8 – 13 – 0   .381 27 – 27 – 1   .500
Creighton  ‍‍‡‍y 6 – 14 – 0   .300 26 – 28 – 0   .481
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of May 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format[]

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

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Indiana State 14 7 .667 – 1
Missouri State 13 7 .650 1 2
Wichita State 12 9 .571 2 3
Illinois State 10 9 .526 3 4
Evansville 10 11 .476 4 5
Southern Illinois 9 12 .429 5 6
Bradley 8 13 .381 6 7
Creighton 6 14 .300 7.5 8

Results[]

First round Second round Semifinals Finals
             
5 Evansville 3
4 Illinois State 10
4 Illinois State 5
8 Creighton 11
8 Creighton 5
1 Indiana State 0
8 Creighton 10 -
4 Illinois State 3 -
1 Indiana State 5
5 Evansville 8
4 Illinois State 5*
5 Evansville 4
8 Creighton 8
6 Southern Illinois 6
6 Southern Illinois 6
3 Wichita State 3
6 Southern Illinois 9*
7 Bradley 8
7 Bradley 5
2 Missouri State 3
6 Southern Illinois 3* -
2 Missouri State 2 -
3 Wichita State 0
2 Missouri State 7
7 Bradley 8
2 Missouri State 11*

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

POS Name School
1B Chris Serritella Southern Illinois
2B Jake Peter Creighton
SS Eric Cheray Missouri State
3B Chance Ross Creighton
C Brian Bajer Southern Illinois
UT Nick Judkins Creighton
DH Keenen Maddox Missouri State
OF Mike Gerber Creighton
OF Chad Hinshaw Illinois State
OF Brennan Murphy Creighton
P Todd Eaton Southern Illinois
P Cody Schumacher Missouri State

Most Outstanding Player[]

Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". mvc.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. ^ "2012 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship". mvc-sports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  3. ^ "Baseball Championship: Creighton 8, Southern Illinois 6". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "2012 Baseball All-Tournament Team". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
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