1998 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1998 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 13-16 in Evansville, IN. #1 Wichita State University defeated #5 University of Evansville for the title. Brian Preston of Wichita State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wichita State University	26-1	Gene Stephenson
2	Indiana State University	23-9	Bob Warn
3	Southwest Missouri State University	19-13	Keith Guttin
4	Illinois State University	14-14	Jeff Stewart
5	University of Evansville	13-18	Jim Brownlee
6	Creighton University	12-19	Jack Dahm

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Wichita State	6
	6	Creighton	4			1	Wichita State	12
						4	Illinois State	1
	2	Indiana State	8								1	Wichita State	19
	5	Evansville	5								3	SW Missouri State	9
						2	Indiana State	6													1	Wichita State	22	x
						3	SW Missouri State	16													5	Evansville	6	x
	3	SW Missouri State	12													3	SW Missouri State	10
	4	Illinois State	11								2	Indiana State	10			5	Evansville	11
						6	Creighton	2			5	Evansville	11
						5	Evansville	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 13
Game 1	Southwest Missouri State University	12-11	Illinois State University
Game 2	Wichita State University	6-4	Creighton University
Game 3	Indiana State University	8-5	University of Evansville
May 14
Game 4	University of Evansville	5-2	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 5	Wichita State University	12-1	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
Game 6	Southwest Missouri State University	16-6	Indiana State University
May 15
Game 7	University of Evansville	11-10	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
Game 8	Wichita State University	19-9	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 9	University of Evansville	11-10	Southwest Missouri State University	Southwest Missouri State eliminated
May 16
Game 10	Wichita State University	22-6	University of Evansville	Wichita State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• 1B Jason Hart, SW Missouri State
• 2B Chris Curry, SW Missouri State
• 3B Koyie Hill, Wichita State
• SS Zach Sorensen, Wichita State
• OF Tyler Thompson, Indiana State
• OF Brian McMillin, Evansville
• OF Jeff Ryan, Wichita State
• C Brian Preston, Wichita State
• DH Joey Blue, Wichita State
• P Willie Glen, Evansville
• P Steve Foral, Wichita State