1981 Great Lakes Valley Conference Tournament

The 1981 Great Lakes Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Indianapolis, IN. Indiana Central University defeated Indiana State University-Evansville for the title.

Participating Teams

School	Overall Record*	Head Coach
Ashland College	10-19-1	Lou Markle
Bellarmine College	30-24	Al Burke
Indiana Central University	23-11	Bob Tremain
Indiana State University-Evansville	22-23	Larry Shown
Kentucky Wesleyan College	9-34	David Stanton
Lewis University	55-17	Irish O'Reilly
Saint Joseph's College	10-22	George Waggoner

*Teams did not play a conference schedule

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
							Ashland	2
							Indiana Central	6
		Indiana Central	10
		Kentucky Wesleyan	4
												Indiana Central	5
												ISU-Evansville	4
		ISU-Evansville	9
		Saint Joseph's	0
							ISU-Evansville	11
							Lewis	6
		Lewis	2
		Bellarmine	1																			Indiana Central	3	x
																						ISU-Evansville	1	x
	Loser's Bracket
		Saint Joseph's	4
		Bellarmine	3				Ashland	10
							Saint Joseph's	3
												Ashland	2
												Lewis	3				ISU-Evansville	10
							Lewis	4									Lewis	6
							Kentucky Wesleyan	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Indiana State University-Evansville	9-0	Saint Joseph's College
Game 2	Lewis University	2-1	Bellarmine College
Game 3	Indiana Central University	10-4	Kentucky Wesleyan College
Game 4	Saint Joseph's College	4-3	Bellarmine College	Bellarmine eliminated
Game 5	Indiana State University-Evansville	11-6	Lewis University
Game 6	Indiana Central University	6-2	Ashland College
Game 7	Ashland College	10-3	Saint Joseph's College	Saint Joseph's eliminated
Game 8	Lewis University	4-2	Kentucky Wesleyan College	Kentucky Wesleyan eliminated
Game 9	Indiana Central University	5-4	Indiana State University-Evansville
Game 10	Lewis University	3-2	Ashland College	Ashland eliminated
Game 11	Indiana State University-Evansville	10-6	Lewis University	Lewis eliminated
Game 12	Indiana Central University	3-1	Indiana State University-Evansville	Indiana Central advances to NCAA tournament