1997 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1997 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Wichita, KS. #3 Southwest Missouri State University defeated #1 Wichita State University for the title. Nick Kays of Missouri State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wichita State University	21-7	Gene Stephenson
2	University of Northern Iowa	18-8	Dave Schrage
3	Southwest Missouri State University	16-10	Keith Guttin
4	Illinois State University	18-13	Jeff Stewart
5	Southern Illinois University	13-15	Dan Callahan
6	University of Evansville	13-19	Jim Brownlee

Results

Bracket

	First round					Semifinals					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Wichita State	1
	6	Evansville	6			6	Evansville	1
						4	Illinois State	17
											4	Illinois State	5
											1	Wichita State	11			1	Wichita State	17
						1	Wichita State	12								5	Southern Illinois	8
						2	Northern Iowa	7
	2	Northern Iowa	3																		1	Wichita State	4
	5	Southern Illinois	7																		3	SW Missouri State	8
						5	Southern Illinois	5
						3	SW Missouri State	4
	3	SW Missouri State	4								5	Southern Illinois	11
	4	Illinois State	2								3	SW Missouri State	17
						3	SW Missouri State	13
						6	Evansville	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 14
Game 1	Southwest Missouri State University	4-2	Illinois State University
Game 2	Southern Illinois University	7-3	University of Northern Iowa
Game 3	University of Evansville	6-1	Wichita State University
May 15
Game 4	Wichita State University	12-7	University of Northern Iowa	Northern Iowa eliminated
Game 5	Southern Illinois University	5-4	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 6	Illinois State University	17-1	University of Evansville
May 16
Game 7	Southwest Missouri State University	13-4	University of Evansville	Evansville eliminated
Game 8	Wichita State University	11-5	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
Game 9	Southwest Missouri State University	17-11	Southern Illinois University
May 17
Game 10	Wichita State University	17-8	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 11	Southwest Missouri State University	8-4	Wichita State University	Southwest Missouri State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• 1B Jason Hart, SW Missouri State
• 2B Chris Curry, SW Missouri State
• 3B Joey Blue, Wichita State
• SS Jerry Hairston, Southern Illinois
• OF Jeff Ryan, Wichita State
• OF Ryan Knox, Illinois State
• OF Matt Cepicky, SW Missouri State
• C Nathan Reese, Wichita State
• DH Nick Kays, SW Missouri State
• UT Brad Benson, Southern Illinois
• P Scott Geitz, SW Missouri State
• P Jeremy Brown, Evansville