2014 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 20–24. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Indiana State's Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dallas Baptist won the tournament for the first time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2014 Missouri Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
MVC Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDallas Baptist (1st title)
Winning coachDan Heefner (1st title)
MVPCamden Duzenack, Dallas Baptist
TelevisionESPN3
2014 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Evansville   156 .714  3421 .618
Indiana State   147 .667  3516 .686
Dallas Baptist   147 .667  3819 .667
Wichita State   138 .619  3128 .525
Illinois State   1011 .476  3321 .611
Missouri State   912 .429  2631 .456
Bradley   416 .200  2427 .471
Southern Illinois   417 .190  2631 .456
Tournament champion
As of May 24, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Evansville156.714
1
Indiana State147.667
1
2
Dallas Baptist147.667
1
3
Wichita State138.619
2
4
Illinois State1011.476
5
5
Missouri State912.429
6
6
Bradley416.200
10.5
7
Southern Illinois417.190
11
8

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Evansville 1  
8 Southern Illinois 9  
  8 Southern Illinois 1  
  5 Illinois State 6  
4 Wichita State 0
5 Illinois State 6  
  5 Illinois State 6  
  4 Wichita State 1  
1 Evansville 6  
4 Wichita State 8  
  8 Southern Illinois 1
  4 Wichita State 4  
  5 Illinois State 1
  3 Dallas Baptist 4
2 Indiana State 2  
7 Bradley 6  
  7 Bradley 5
  3 Dallas Baptist 6  
3 Dallas Baptist 3
6 Missouri State 2  
  3 Dallas Baptist 3 9
  6 Missouri State 5 4  
2 Indiana State 1  
6 Missouri State 9  
  7 Bradley 2
  6 Missouri State 7  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Dallas Baptist shortstop Camden Duzenack, one of four Patriots selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Pos.NameTeam
1BMason SnyderIllinois State
2BDrew TurbinDallas Baptist
SSCamden DuzenackDallas Baptist
3BBrock StewartIllinois State
CMike HollenbeckIllinois State
UTMike WesolowskiDallas Baptist
DHLogan LeverettIllinois State
OFDaniel DwyerIllinois State
OFTate MathenyMissouri State
OFMax MurphyBradley
PDillon CraigIllinois State
PCy SneedDallas Baptist

References

  1. "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
  2. Danny Pfrank (May 16, 2013). "Indiana State Named Tournament Host For 2014 MVC Baseball Championship". Indiana State Sycamores. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
  3. "2013-14 Championship Info". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
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