2003 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2003 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Wichita, KS. #2 Wichita State University] defeated #3 Southern Illinois University for the title. David Sanders of Wichita State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Southwest Missouri State University	19-11	Keith Guttin
2	Wichita State University	19-13	Gene Stephenson
3	Southern Illinois University	17-13	Dan Callahan
4	University of Northern Iowa	16-15	Rick Heller
5	Indiana State University	15-17*	Bob Warn
6	Creighton University	14-17	Jack Dahm

*Indiana St. and Illinois St. were involved in bench clearing brawl. Both teams were given a forfeit, causing league standings to be uneven.

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	SW Missouri State	5
	6	Creighton	1			1	SW Missouri State	11
						4	Northern Iowa	6
	2	Wichita State	6								1	SW Missouri State	4
	5	Indiana State	1								3	Southern Illinois	9
						2	Wichita State	4													3	Southern Illinois	1	0
						3	Southern Illinois	6													2	Wichita State	2	3
	3	Southern Illinois	10													1	SW Missouri State	8
	4	Northern Iowa	6								2	Wichita State	10			2	Wichita State	9
						6	Creighton	0			5	Indiana State	0
						5	Indiana State	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Southern Illinois University	10-6	University of Northern Iowa
Game 2	Southwest Missouri State University	5-1	Creighton University
Game 3	Wichita State University	6-1	Indiana State University
May 22
Game 4	Indiana State University	2-0	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 5	Southern Illinois University	6-4	Wichita State University
Game 6	Southwest Missouri State University	11-6	University of Northern Iowa	Northern Iowa eliminated
May 23
Game 7	Wichita State University	10-0	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
Game 8	Southern Illinois University	9-4	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 9	Wichita State University	9-8 (11)	Southwest Missouri State University	Southwest Missouri State eliminated
May 24
Game 10	Wichita State University	2-1	Southern Illinois University
Game 11	Wichita State University	3-0	Southern Illinois University	Wichita State advances to NCAA tournament

All=Tournament Team

• C Tony Piazza, Missouri State
• 1B John Purdom, Indiana State
• 2B Greg Andrews, Southern Illinois
• SS Nick McCoola, Wichita State
• 3B Brandon Green, Wichita State
• OF Nick Blasi, Wichita State
• OF Rick Wilson, Missouri State
• OF Drew Moffitt, Wichita State
• DH Toby Barnett, Southern Illinois
• UT Shaun Marcum, Missouri State
• P Mike Pelfrey, Wichita State
• P David Sanders, Wichita State