2021 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

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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
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 6   .750 41 – 16   .719
Indiana State  ‍‍‍y 14 – 10   .583 31 – 21   .596
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 12 – 10   .545 20 – 22   .476
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536 40 – 20   .667
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 11 – 13   .458 21 – 23   .477
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 12 – 15   .444 23 – 34   .404
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 11 – 16   .407 28 – 27   .509
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 9 – 19   .321 16 – 35   .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 25–30, 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[]

Team R
#6 Illinois State 10
#7 Evansville 912
Team R
#5 Missouri State 4
#8 Valparaiso 610

Double-Elimination Rounds[]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Dallas Baptist 12  
  8 Valparaiso 2     1 Dallas Baptist 10  
    3 Bradley 5    
  2 Indiana State 5         1 Dallas Baptist 10            
  6 Illinois State 2           2 Indiana State 1              
      2 Indiana State 11           1 Dallas Baptist 12 -
      4 Southern Illinois 8         2 Indiana State 811 -
  3 Bradley 1         2 Indiana State 9    
  4 Southern Illinois 13       4 Southern Illinois 11     4 Southern Illinois 7  
  8 Valparaiso 6     8 Valparaiso 5  
  6 Illinois State 5  

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
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
(1) Dallas Baptist 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 1 5 12 14 1
(2) Indiana State 2 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 8 16 5
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. ^ {http://mvc-sports.com/feature/21bsb
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