2018 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 22–27. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. As tournament champion, Morehead State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008),and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

2018 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMorehead State
MVP,
2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 22 Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 27–3 .900  46–7 .868
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 20–10 .667  26–28 .481
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 18–12 .600  32–23 .582
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 18–12 .600  30–23 .566
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 17–13 .567  30–25 .545
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15–15 .500  27–29 .482
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 13–16 .448  26–27 .491
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12–18 .400  23–30 .434
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 11–19 .367  19–36 .345
UT Martin  ‍‍‍ 7–22 .241  11–40 .216
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .200  15–37 .288
As of May 20, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. After a play-in round between the bottom two seeds, the remaining seven teams will play a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Results

Play in round

TeamR
#8 Eastern Illinois5
#7 Murray State15
  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
    1 Tennessee Tech 5  
      4 Jacksonville State 2    
  4 Jacksonville State 8          
  5 Austin Peay 2        
      1 Tennessee Tech 10            
      3 Morehead State 5              
  2 Southeast Missouri 5              
  7 Murray State 2                
      2 Southeast Missouri 9          
      3 Morehead State 18        
  3 Morehead State 12          
  6 Eastern Kentucky 7         1 Tennessee Tech 6 3
      3 Morehead State 11 4
  Loser's Bracket      
  6 Eastern Kentucky 13        
  7 Murray State 6     5 Austin Peay 1        
    6 Eastern Kentucky 5          
      6 Eastern Kentucky 1114        
      4 Jacksonville State 8     3 Morehead State 5    
  4 Jacksonville State 11         6 Eastern Kentucky 2  
  2 Southeast Missouri 0  

References
  1. "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. "2018 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conferece. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. "2017-18 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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