2022 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMissouri State (5th title)
Winning coachKeith Guttin (5th title)
MVPMason Greer (Missouri State)
TelevisionESPN+
2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Southern Illinois  ‍†‍‍ 16 – 5 – 0   .762 44 – 16 – 0   .733
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 14 – 6 – 0   .700 32 – 24 – 0   .571
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍y 11 – 9 – 1   .548 34 – 22 – 1   .605
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 11 – 10 – 0   .524 20 – 29 – 0   .408
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10 – 1   .500 26 – 22 – 1   .541
Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍y 8 – 13 – 0   .381 30 – 27 – 0   .526
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 14 – 0   .333 20 – 31 – 0   .392
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 5 – 15 – 0   .250 16 – 32 – 0   .333
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of April 24, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 24 through 29. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference will participate in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. The four lowest seeds will participate in a play-in round with the winners advancing to a six-team double-elimination bracket.

Results

Play-in round

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
8 Valparaiso 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
5 Indiana State 1 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 X 8 8 0
WP: Matt Jachec (9–2)   LP: Colin Fields (4–7)
Boxscore
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
7 Illinois State 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
6 Missouri State 0 0 2 0 1 2 2 2 X 9 11 0
WP: Riyan Rodriguez (3–0)   LP: Jared Hart (2–3)
Boxscore

Double-elimination round

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Southern Illinois1
6Missouri State56Missouri State19
4Bradley3
2Evansville96Missouri State7
5Indiana State12Evansville6
2Evansville216Missouri State613
3Dallas Baptist21Southern Illinois93
3Dallas Baptist42Evansville5
4Bradley33Dallas Baptist51Southern Illinois8
1Southern Illinois81Southern Illinois7
5Indiana State2

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score
First Round - Single Elimination
Tuesday, May 24
1 1:30 p.m. No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Illinois State Elimination Game 5-1[4]
Wednesday, May 25
2 2:30 p.m. No. 5 Indiana State vs. No. 8 Valparaiso Elimination Game 8-0[5]
Second Round - Double Elimination - Wednesday, May 25
3 5:52 p.m. No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Missouri State 1-5[6]
4 9:15 p.m. No. 2 Evansville vs. No. 5 Indiana State 9-1[7]
Thursday, May 26
5 7:30 p.m. No. 3 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Bradley 4-3[8]
Third Round - Friday, May 27
6 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana State Elimination Game 8-2[9]
7 3:00 p.m. No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 4 Bradley 19-3[10]
8 7:00 p.m. No. 2 Evansville vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist 21-2
Saturday, May 28
9 11:00 a.m. No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist Elimination Game 7-5
10 3:00 p.m. No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 2 Evansville 7-6
11 7:00 p.m. No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 2 Evansville Elimination Game 8-5
Championship - Sunday, May 29
12 12:00 p.m. No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 1 Southern Illinois 6-9
13 3:32 pm No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 1 Southern Illinois Elimination Game 13-3
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

  1. ^ "Baseball standings". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  3. ^ "Baseball Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Missouri State-Illinois State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  5. ^ "Indiana State-Valparaiso Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  6. ^ "Southern Illinois-Missouri State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  7. ^ "Evansville-Indiana State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
  8. ^ "Dallas Baptist-Bradley Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
  9. ^ "Southern Illinois-Indiana State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  10. ^ "Missouri State-Bradley Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
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