1996 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1996 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 15-18 in Wichita, KS. #2 Southwest Missouri State University defeated #5 Bradley University for the title. Brad Kennedy of Southwest Missouri State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wichita State University	24-4	Gene Stephenson
2	Southwest Missouri State University	18-11	Keith Guttin
3	Southern Illinois University	18-12	Dan Callahan
4	University of Evansville	14-13	Jim Brownlee
5	Bradley University	14-16	Dewey Kalmer
6	University of Northern Iowa	13-19	Dave Schrage

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Wichita State	25
	6	Northern Iowa	11			1	Wichita State	15
						3	Southern Illinois	7
	2	SW Missouri State	21								1	Wichita State	7
	5	Bradley	5								2	SW Missouri State	8
						2	SW Missouri State	22													2	SW Missouri State	10	13
						4	Evansville	4													5	Bradley	11	6
	3	Southern Illinois	10													1	Wichita State	11
	4	Evansville	29								4	Evansville	5			5	Bradley	18
						6	Northern Iowa	3			5	Bradley	15
						5	Bradley	18

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	University of Evansville	29-10	Southern Illinois University
Game 2	Southwest Missouri State University	21-5	Bradley University
Game 3	Wichita State University	25-11	University of Northern Iowa
May 16
Game 4	Bradley University	18-3	University of Northern Iowa	Northern Iowa eliminated
Game 5	Southwest Missouri State University	22-4	University of Evansville
Game 6	Wichita State University	15-7	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
May 17
Game 7	Bradley University	15-5	University of Evansville	Evansville eliminated
Game 8	Southwest Missouri State University	8-7	Wichita State University
Game 9	Bradley University	18-11	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
May 18
Game 10	Bradley University	11-10	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 11	Southwest Missouri State University	13-6	Bradley University	Southwest Missouri State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• 1B Adam McCollough, Wichita State
• 2B Chris Curry, SW Missouri State
• 3B Lance Burkhart, SW Missouri State
• SS Brad Kennedy, SW Missouri State
• OF Travis Wyckoff, Wichita State
• OF Aaron Pembroke, Evansville
• OF John Musachio, Bradley
• C J.J. Scerba, SW Missouri State
• DH Chris Wold, Bradley
• UT Jerry Hairston, Southern Illinois
• P Jarrod Mays, SW Missouri State
• P Scott Geitz, SW Missouri State