2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

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2014 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
2014 OVC Baseball tournament logo.png
2014 OVC Baseball tournament logo
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsJacksonville State (4th title)
Winning coachJim Case (3rd title)
MVPPitching staff (Jacksonville State)
2014 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
SE Missouri State  ‍†‍‍ 23 – 7 – 0   .767 37 – 20 – 0   .649
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 40 – 17 – 0   .702
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12 – 0   .600 34 – 25 – 0   .576
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 29 – 28 – 0   .509
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 21 – 33 – 0   .389
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 – 14 – 1   .517 22 – 33 – 1   .402
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 23 – 29 – 0   .442
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 14 – 16 – 0   .467 23 – 33 – 0   .411
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16 – 1   .450 24 – 30 – 1   .445
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18 – 0   .400 24 – 31 – 0   .436
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 5 – 25 – 0   .167 9 – 42 – 0   .176
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 23, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at The Ballpark at Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee. Jacksonville State won the tournament for the fourth time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[2]

Seeding and format[]

The top six teams are taken and seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.

Team W L T Pct GB Seed
Southeast Missouri State 23 7 0 .767
-
1
Tennessee Tech 18 12 0 .600
5
2
Jacksonville State 18 12 0 .600
5
3
x-SIU Edwardsville 16 14 0 .533
7
4
x-Morehead State 16 14 0 .533
7
5
Eastern Illinois 15 14 1 .517
7.5
6
Murray State 14 16 0 .467
8
-
Austin Peay 14 16 0 .467
8
-
Belmont 13 16 1 .450
8.5
-
Eastern Kentucky 12 18 0 .400
10
–
Tennessee-Martin 5 25 0 .167
17
–

Tiebreakers:
x- SIU Edwardsville wins 4 seed from 2-1 record vs. Morehead State.

Results[]

  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 SIU Edwardsville 6     1 SE Missouri State 8  
  5 Morehead State 11     6 Eastern Illinois 6    
      1 SE Missouri State 2              
      2 Tennessee Tech 9              
  3 Jacksonville State 1     2 Tennessee Tech 14          
  6 Eastern Illinois 2     5 Morehead State 2        
        2 Tennessee Tech 7 2
Loser's Bracket       3 Jacksonville State 10 4
  4 SIU Edwardsville 5        
  3 Jacksonville State 7          
      3 Jacksonville State 13        
      6 Eastern Illinois 2          
            3 Jacksonville State 7              
          5 Morehead State 1              
      3 Jacksonville State 6    
    1 SE Missouri State 2  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Jacksonville State's entire pitching staff was given the MVP award.[3]

Name Team
Matt Borens Eastern Illinois
Cole Bieser Southeast Missouri State
Dylan Bosheers Tennessee Tech
Daniel Miles Tennessee Tech
David Hess Tennessee Tech
Tyler Gamble Jacksonville State
Griff Gordon Jacksonville State
Paschal Petrongolo Jacksonville State
Ryan Sebra Jacksonville State
Michael Bishop Jacksonville State
Casey Antley Jacksonville State
Zachary Fowler Jacksonville State
Travis Stout Jacksonville State

References[]

  1. ^ "2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. ^ "2014 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  3. ^ "Jacksonville State Wins Fourth OVC Baseball Championship Crown". OCVSports.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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