2007 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

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The 2007 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held 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