1980 Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament

The 1980 Great Lakes Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Louisville, KY. Bellarmine College defeated Indiana State University-Evansville for the title.

Participating Teams

School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
Ashland College	22-23	Lou Markle
Bellarmine College	36-17-3	Al Burke
Indiana Central University	11-23	Bob Tremain
Indiana State University-Evansville	25-13	Larry Shown
Kentucky Wesleyan College	7-35	Curtis King
Saint Joseph's College	10-19	George Waggoner

*Teams did not play a conference schedule

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
							Bellarmine	7
		ISU-Evansville	7				ISU-Evansville	8
		Indiana Central	0									ISU-Evansville	11
												Saint Joseph's	8
							Ashland	2
		Saint Joseph's	13				Saint Joseph's	11
		Kentucky Wesleyan	7														ISU-Evansville	2	4
																	Bellarmine	3	6
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
		Ashland	5
		Indiana Central	8									Saint Joseph's	2
							Indiana Central	3				Bellarmine	6
							Bellarmine	7
		Bellarmine	8
		Kentucky Wesleyan	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Indiana State University-Evansville	7-0	Indiana Central University
Game 2	Saint Joseph's College	13-7	Kentucky Wesleyan College
Game 3	Indiana State University-Evansville	8-7	Bellarmine College
Game 4	Saint Joseph's College	11-2	Ashland College
Game 5	Bellarmine College	8-3	Kentucky Wesleyan College	Kentucky Wesleyan eliminated
Game 6	Indiana Central University	8-5	Ashland College	Ashland eliminated
Game 7	Bellarmine College	7-3	Indiana Central University	Indiana Central eliminated
Game 8	Indiana State University-Evansville	11-8	Saint Joseph's College
Game 9	Bellarmine College	6-2	Saint Joseph's College	Saint Joseph's eliminated
Game 10	Bellarmine College	3-2	Indiana State University-Evansville
Game 11	Bellarmine College	6-4	Indiana State University-Evansville	Bellarmine advances to NCAA tournament