2012 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

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The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held at Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. #8 Creighton University defeated #6 Southern Illinois University for the title. Crieghton's Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player.


Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Indiana State University 14-7 Rick Heller
2 Missouri State University 13-7 Keith Guttin
3 Wichita State University 12-9 Gene Stephenson
4 Illinois State University 10-9 Mark Kingston
5 University of Evansville 10-11 Wes Carroll
6 Southern Illinois University 9-12 Ken Henderson
7 Bradley University 8-13 Elvis Dominguez
8 Creighton University 6-14 Ed Servais

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                           
1  Indiana State 0  
8  Creighton 5  
  8  Creighton 11  
  4  Illinois State 5  
4  Illinois State 10
5  Evansville 3  
  8  Creighton 10 x  
 
  4  Illinois State 3 x  
1  Indiana State 5  
5  Evansville 8  
  4  Illinois State 5
  5  Evansville 4  
  8  Creighton 8 x x
  6  Southern Illinois 6 x x
2  Missouri State 3  
7  Bradley 5  
  7  Bradley 8
  6  Southern Illinois 9  
3  Wichita State 3
6  Southern Illinois 6  
  6  Southern Illinois 3 x
 
  2  Missouri State 2 x  
2  Missouri State 7  
3  Wichita State 0  
  7  Bradley 8
  2  Missouri State 11  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 22
Game 1 Illinois State University 10-3 University of Evansville
Game 2 Creighton University 5-0 Indiana State University
Game 3 Southern Illinois University 6-3 Wichita State University
Game 4 Bradley University 5-3 Missouri State University
May 23
Game 5 University of Evansville 8-5 Indiana State University Indiana State eliminated
Game 6 Missouri State University 7-0 Wichita State University Wichita State eliminated
Game 7 Creighton University 11-5 Illinois State University
Game 8 Southern Illinois University 9-8 (10) Bradley University
May 24
Game 9 Illinois State University 5-4 (10) University of Evansville Evansville eliminated
Game 10 Missouri State University 11-8 (13) Bradley University Bradley eliminated
Game 11 Creighton University 10-3 Illinois State University Illinois State eliminated
Game 12 Southern Illinois University 3-2 (10) Missouri State University Missouri State eliminated
May 26
Game 13 Creighton University 8-6 Southern Illinois University Creighton advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • C Brian Bajer, Southern Illinois
  • 1B Chris Serritella, Southern Illinois
  • 2B Jake Peter, Creighton
  • SS Eric Cheray, Missouri St.
  • 3B Chance Ross, Creighton
  • UT Nick Judkins, Creighton
  • DH Keenan Maddox, Missouri St.
  • OF Mike Gerber, Creighton
  • OF Chad Hinshaw, Illinois St.
  • OF Brennan Murphy, Creighton
  • P Todd Eaton, Southern Illinois
  • P Cody Schumacher, Missouri St.