1996 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 1996 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament saw the field greatly expanded. The first round was split between Clarksville, TN and Murfreesboro, TN while the championship round was held in Clarksville, TN. #1 Austin Peay State University defeated #5 Morehead State University for the title. Nate Manning of Austin Peay St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Austin Peay State University	13-7	Gary McClure
2	Middle Tennessee State University	13-7	Steve Peterson
3	Tennessee Technological University	12-8	David Mays
4	Southeast Missouri State University	11-8-1	Mark Hogan
5	Morehead State University	10-10	John Jarnigan
6	Eastern Kentucky University	10-11	Jim Ward
7	Murray State University	6-14	Mike Thieke
8	University of Tennessee at Martin	5-15-1	Vernon Prather

Results

Bracket

	Round 1					Round 2					Round 3										Finals
	1	Austin Peay St.	16
	8	UT Martin	1
						1	Austin Peay St.	8
						4	Southeast Missouri St.	3
	4	Southeast Missouri St.	9
	5	Morehead St.	1
											1	Austin Peay St.	8
											3	Tennessee Tech	3
	2	Middle Tenn. St.	15
	7	Murray St.	5
						7	Murray St.	6
						3	Tennessee Tech	8
	3	Tennessee Tech	15
	6	Eastern Kentucky	5																		1	Austin Peay St.	4	x
																					5	Morehead St.	3	x
	Losers Bracket 1					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3					Losers Bracket 4
						4	Southeast Missouri St.	0
	8	UT Martin	4			5	Morehead St.	4								3	Tennessee Tech	1
	5	Morehead St.	6								5	Morehead St.	4			5	Morehead St.	2
											6	Eastern Kentucky	2
						7	Murray St.	1
	2	Middle Tenn. St.	4			6	Eastern Kentucky	5
	6	Eastern Kentucky	5

Game Results

First Round

• Clarksville, TN

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Southeast Missouri State University	9-1	Morehead State University
Game 2	Austin Peay State University	16-1	University of Tennessee at Martin
Game 3	Morehead State University	6-4	University of Tennessee at Martin	Tennessee-Martin eliminated
Game 4	Austin Peay State University	8-3	Southeast Missouri State University
Game 5	Morehead State University	4-0	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri State eliminated

• Murfreesboro, TN

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Tennessee Technological University	15-5	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 2	Murray State University	13-9	Middle Tennessee State University
Game 3	Eastern Kentucky University	5-4	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee State eliminated
Game 4	Tennessee Technological University	8-6	Murray State University
Game 5	Eastern Kentucky University	5-1	Murray State University	Murray State eliminated

Championship Round

• Clarksville, TN

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 11	Morehead State University	4-2	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Kentucky eliminated
Game 12	Austin Peay State University	8-3	Tennessee Technological University
Game 13	Morehead State University	2-1	Tennessee Technological University	Tennessee Tech eliminated
Game 14	Morehead State University	2-1	Austin Peay State University
Game 15	Austin Peay State University	4-3	Morehead State University	Austin Peay advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C - Ryan Bennett, Austin Peay St.
• IF - Brian Milam, Morehead St.
• IF - Nate Manning, Austin Peay St.
• IF - Josh Cox, Morehead St.
• IF - Chuck Abbott, Austin Peay St.
• OF - Chad Malone, Tennessee Tech
• OF - Benji Zimmerman, Austin Peay St.
• OF - Frank Van Dyke, Morehead St.
• OF - Jeremy Bonczynski, TTU
• P - Glen Longhurst, Austin Peay St.
• P - Troy Young, Morehead St.
• P - Mike Eikenberry, Austin Peay St.
• P - Bryan Lewis, Morehead St.