1981 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 1981 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Bowling Green, KY. Middle Tennessee State University defeated Eastern Kentucky University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
North 1	Western Kentucky University	9-3	Joel Murrie
North 2	Eastern Kentucky University	5-6-1	Jim Ward
South 1	Middle Tennessee State University	8-4	John Stanford
South 2	Austin Peay State University	7-5	Joe Baxter

Results

Bracket

First Round

Second Round

Final

N1

Western Kentucky

9

S2

Austin Peay St.

12

S2

Austin Peay St.

4

S1

Middle Tennessee St.

6

S1

Middle Tennessee St.

9

N2

Eastern Kentucky

6

S1

Middle Tennessee St.

12

x

N2

Eastern Kentucky

5

x

S2

Austin Peay St.

4

N1

Western Kentucky

8

N2

Eastern Kentucky

6

N2

Eastern Kentucky

11

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Middle Tennessee State University	9-6	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 2	Austin Peay State University	12-9	Western Kentucky University
Game 3	Eastern Kentucky University	11-8	Western Kentucky University	Western Kentucky eliminated
Game 4	Middle Tennessee State University	6-4	Austin Peay State University
Game 5	Eastern Kentucky University	6-4	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay eliminated
Game 6	Middle Tennessee State University	12-5	Eastern Kentucky University	Middle Tennessee State advances to NCAA tournament