2009 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2009 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 20-23 at Eck Stadium in Wichita, KS. The six schools were split into to two 3-team pods. Each team played the other two teams in their pod, and one from the opposite pod. The winners of each pod met in a one game championshiop. #3 Wichita State University defeated #4 Creighton University for the title. Wichita State's Ryan Engrav was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Missouri State University	17-5	Keith Guttin
4	Creighton University	14-9	Ed Servais
5	Southern Illinois University	11-9	Dan Callahan

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
2	Indiana State University	15-7	Bob Warn
3	Wichita State University	11-7	Gene Stephenson
6	Illinois State University	11-11	Jim Brownlee

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	Creighton University	5-1	Southern Illinois University
Game 2	Missouri State University	9-6	Illinois State University
Game 3	Wichita State University	15-7	Indiana State University
May 21
Game 4	Missouri State University	8-4	Southern Illinois University
Game 5	Illinois State University	7-4	Indiana State University
Game 6	Creighton University	11-0	Wichita State University
May 22
Game 7	Southern Illinois University	10-6	Indiana State University
Game 8	Creighton University	7-6 (10)	Missouri State University	Creighton wins pod with 3-0 record
Game 9	Wichita State University	4-0	Illinois State University	Wichita State wins pod with 2-1 record
May 23
Game 10	Wichita State University	4-2	Creighton University	Wichita State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Cody Lassley, Wichita St.
• 1B Brian Jett, Indiana St.
• 2B Vicente Cafaro, Creighton
• SS Elliot Soto, Creighton
• 3B Jimmy Swift, Creighton
• UT Chance Sossamon, Wichita St.
• DH Ryan Jones, Wichita St.
• OF Chris Playter, Missouri St.
• OF Ryan Engrav, Wichita St.
• OF Robbie Knight, Creighton
• P Brandon Koenigstein, Creighton
• P Jordan Cooper, Wichita St.