2003 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 2003 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Paducah, KY. #4 Murray State University defeated #5 Eastern Kentucky University for the title. Kyle Perry of Murray St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Austin Peay State University	14-5-1	Gary McClure
2	Southeast Missouri State University	14-6	Mark Hogan
3	Tennessee Technological University	13-6	Aaron Carroll
4	Murray State University	9-11	Mike Thieke
5	Eastern Kentucky University	8-11	Elvis Dominguez
6	Eastern Illinois University	8-12	Jim Schmitz

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Austin Peay St.	11
	6	Eastern Illinois	12			6	Eastern Illinois	9
						3	Tennessee Tech	2
	2	SE Missouri St.	6								6	Eastern Illinois	7
	5	Eastern Kentucky	12								5	Eastern Kentucky	8
						5	Eastern Kentucky	13													5	Eastern Kentucky	5	4
						4	Murray St.	6													4	Murray St.	11	19
	3	Tennessee Tech	3													6	Eastern Illinois	4
	4	Murray St.	8								4	Murray St.	4			4	Murray St.	6
						1	Austin Peay St.	0			2	SE Missouri St.	3
						2	SE Missouri St.	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Eastern Illinois University	12-11	Austin Peay State University
Game 2	Eastern Kentucky University	12-6	Southeast Missouri State University
Game 3	Murray State University	8-3	Tennessee Technological University
May 22
Game 4	Southeast Missouri State University	4-0	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay eliminated
Game 5	Eastern Illinois University	9-2	Tennessee Technological University	Tennessee Tech eliminated
Game 6	Eastern Kentucky University	13-6	Murray State University
May 23
Game 7	Murray State University	4-3	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri eliminated
Game 8	Eastern Kentucky University	8-7	Eastern Illinois University
Game 9	Murray State University	6-4 (13)	Eastern Illinois University	Eastern Illinois eliminated
May 24
Game 10	Murray State University	11-5	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 11	Murray State University	19-4	Eastern Kentucky University	Murray State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF – Gary Gilbert, Southeast Missouri St.
• IF – Ronnie Seets, Murray St.
• IF – Neil Sellers, Eastern Kentucky
• IF – Chris Uhle, Eastern Illinois
• IF – Jonathan Woodard, Eastern Kentucky
• OF – Josh Anderson, Eastern Kentucky
• OF – Ike Bridwell, Murray St.
• OF – Kirk Walters, Eastern Illinois
• DH – Bret Pignatiello, Eastern Illinois
• P – Tim Alvarez, Southeast Missouri St.
• P – Kyle Perry, Murray St.
• P – Matt Tyson, Eastern Illinois