2007 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament
The 2007 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 23-26 at Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. #2 Creighton University defeated #1 Wichita State University for the title. Creighton's Pat Venditte was named tournament MVP.
Participating Teams[edit]
Seed | School | Conf. Record | Head Coach |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Wichita State University | 20-4 | Gene Stephenson |
2 | Creighton University | 19-5 | Ed Servais |
3 | Bradley University | 13-11 | Dewey Kalmer |
4 | University of Evansville | 13-11 | Dave Seifert |
5 | Southern Illinois University | 13-11 | Dan Callahan |
6 | Missouri State University | 7-17 | Keith Guttin |
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Wichita State | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Missouri State | 5 | 6 | Missouri State | 7 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Evansville | 11 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Evansville | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Wichita State | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Wichita State | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Southern Illinois | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 8 | 1 | Wichita State | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||
5 | Southern Illinois | 5 | 2 | Creighton | 1 | 10 | |||||||||||||
2 | Creighton | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Bradley | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Bradley | 8 | 2 | Creighton | 17 | ||||||||||||||
4 | Evansville | 4 | 3 | Bradley | 2 | ||||||||||||||
3 | Bradley | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Missouri State | 3 |
Game Results[edit]
Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
May 23 | ||||
Game 1 | Missouri State University | 5-2 | Wichita State University | |
Game 2 | Creighton University | 8-5 | Southern Illinois University | |
Game 3 | Bradley University | 8-4 | University of Evansville | |
May 24 | ||||
Game 4 | Wichita State University | 4-2 | Southern Illinois University | Southern Illinois eliminated |
Game 5 | University of Evansville | 11-7 | Missouri State University | |
Game 6 | Creighton University | 2-0 | Bradley University | |
May 25 | ||||
Game 7 | Bradley University | 8-3 | Missouri State University | Missouri State eliminated |
Game 8 | Wichita State University | 12-1 | University of Evansville | Evansville eliminated |
Game 9 | Creighton University | 17-2 | Bradley University | Bradley eliminated |
May 26 | ||||
Game 10 | Wichita State University | 2-1 | Creighton University | |
Game 11 | Creighton University | 10-9 (12) | Wichita State University | Creighton advances to NCAA tournament |
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- C Kyle Paul, Missouri St.
- 1B Darin Ruf, Creighton
- 2B Michael Lam, Creighton
- SS Chad Ogden, Creighton
- 3B Conor Gillaspie, Wichita St.
- UT Derek Schermerhorn, Wichita St.
- DH Peter Malinowski, Bradley
- OF Andy Dirks, Wichita St.
- OF Ross Sinclair, Creighton
- OF Matt Brown, Wichita St.
- P Pat Venditte, Creighton
- P Zak Moore, Creighton
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