2001 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 2001 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Paducah, KY. #3 Tennessee Technological University defeated #5 Austin Peay State University for the title. Michael Meihls of Tennessee Tech was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Eastern Illinois University	19-1	Jim Schmitz
2	Southeast Missouri State University	15-6	Mark Hogan
3	Tennessee Technological University	12-9	Aaron Carroll
4	Murray State University	10-11	Mike Thieke
5	Austin Peay State University	9-12	Gary McClure
6	Eastern Kentucky University	8-12	Jim Ward

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Eastern Illinois	8
	6	Eastern Kentucky	14			6	Eastern Kentucky	13
						4	Murray St.	3
	2	SE Missouri St.	4								6	Eastern Kentucky	7
	5	Austin Peay St.	9								3	Tennessee Tech	16
						5	Austin Peay St.	5													3	Tennessee Tech	2	9
						3	Tennessee Tech	10													5	Austin Peay St.	3	2
	3	Tennessee Tech	8													6	Eastern Kentucky	1
	4	Murray St.	3								5	Austin Peay St.	10			5	Austin Peay St.	8
						1	Eastern Illinois	2			1	Eastern Illinois	6
						2	SE Missouri St.	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Eastern Kentucky University	14-8	Eastern Illinois University
Game 2	Austin Peay State University	9-4	Southeast Missouri State University
Game 3	Tennessee Technological University	8-3	Murray State University
Game 4	Eastern Illinois University	2-1	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri eliminated
Game 5	Eastern Kentucky University	13-3	Murray State University	Murray State eliminated
Game 6	Tennessee Technological University	10-5	Austin Peay State University
Game 7	Austin Peay State University	10-6	Eastern Illinois University	Eastern Illinois eliminated
Game 8	Tennessee Technological University	16-7	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 9	Austin Peay State University	8-1	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Kentucky eliminated
Game 10	Austin Peay State University	3-2	Tennessee Technological University
Game 11	Tennessee Technological University	9-2	Austin Peay State University	Tennessee Tech advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C - Michael Meihls, Tennessee Tech
• IF - D.W. Blakeman, Austin Peay St.
• IF - Casey Benjamin, Tennessee Tech
• IF - Jospeh Peer, Austin Peay St.
• IF - Ben Cunningham, Tennessee Tech
• OF - Michael Johnson, Austin Peay St.
• OF - Jesse Johnson, Tennessee Tech
• OF - Josh Anderson, Eastern Kentucky
• DH - Chris Poynter, Austin Peay St.
• At-large - Tim Aurrichio, Eastern Illinois
• At-large - Mike Schneider, Eastern Kentucky
• P - Stephen Pew, Austin Peay St.
• P - Donnie Long, Tennessee Tech