2008 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 2008 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Paducah, KY. #4 Eastern Illinois University defeated #6 Southeast Missouri State University for the title. Jordan Tokarz of Eastern Illinois was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Jacksonville State University	23-4	Jim Case
2	Samford University	19-7	Casey Dunn
3	Austin Peay State University	14-12	Gary McClure
4	Eastern Illinois University	13-13	Jim Schmitz
5	Tennessee Technological University	13-14	Matt Bragga
6	Southeast Missouri State University	12-13	Mark Hogan

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Jacksonville St.	7
	3	Austin Peay St.	2			6	SE Missouri St.	6
	6	SE Missouri St.	5								1	Jacksonville St.	6
											4	Eastern Illinois	10
						2	Samford	4
	4	Eastern Illinois	4			4	Eastern Illinois	8
	5	Tennessee Tech	1													4	Eastern Illinois	7	x
																6	SE Missouri St.	4	x
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	2	Samford	1
	5	Tennessee Tech	9								1	Jacksonville St.	4
						6	SE Missouri St.	8			6	SE Missouri St.	6
						5	Tennessee Tech	4
	3	Austin Peay St.	4
	5	Tennessee Tech	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Eastern Illinois University	4-1	Tennessee Technological University
Game 2	Southeast Missouri State University	5-2	Austin Peay State University
May 22
Game 3	Tennessee Technological University	5-4	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay eliminated
Game 4	Eastern Illinois University	8-4	Samford University
Game 5	Jacksonville State University	7-6	Southeast Missouri State University
May 23
Game 6	Tennessee Technological University	9-1	Samford University	Samford eliminated
Game 7	Southeast Missouri State University	8-4	Tennessee Technological University	Tennessee Tech eliminated
Game 8	Eastern Illinois University	10-6	Jacksonville State University
May 24
Game 9	Southeast Missouri State University	6-4	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville State eliminated
Game 10	Eastern Illinois University	7-4	Southeast Missouri State University	Eastern Illinois advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• IF - Jordan Tokarz, Eastern Illinois
• IF - Michael Marseco, Samford
• IF - Bert Smith, Jacksonville St.
• IF - Jim Klocke, Southeast Missouri St.
• IF - Matt Wagner, Southeast Missouri St.
• OF - Clay Whittemore, Jacksonville St.
• OF - Brett Nommensen, Eastern Illinois
• OF - Jake New, Tennessee Tech
• DH - Matt Wulfers, Southeast Missouri St.
• UT - A.J. Kirby-Jones, Tennessee Tech
• P - Jared Dobbs, Tennessee Tech
• P - Dustin Renfrow, Southeast Missouri St.