2017 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2017 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held at Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. #2 Dallas Baptist University defeated #8 Illinois State University for the title. Devlin Granberg of Dallas Baptist was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Missouri State University	18-1	Keith Guttin
2	Dallas Baptist University	15-6	Dan Heefner
3	Indiana State University	12-9	Mitch Hannahs
4	Southern Illinois University	10-10	Ken Henderson
5	Wichita State University	10-11	Todd Butler
6	University of Evansville	8-12	Wes Carroll
7	Bradley University	6-14	Elvis Dominguez
8	Illinois State University	2-18	Bo Durkac

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Missouri State	0
	8	Illinois State	1
						8	Illinois State	7
						5	Wichita State	4
	4	Southern Illinois	1
	5	Wichita State	3
											8	Illinois State	6	2
										1	Missouri State	8	2
	1	Missouri State	13
	4	Southern Illinois	3
						5	Wichita State	3
						1	Missouri State	6
																8	Illinois State	6	x	x
																2	Dallas Baptist	10	x	x
	2	Dallas Baptist	15
	7	Bradley	9
						2	Dallas Baptist	6
						3	Indiana State	2
	3	Indiana State	13
	6	Evansville	4
											2	Dallas Baptist	6	x
										3	Indiana State	5	x
	7	Bradley	2
	6	Evansville	12
						3	Indiana State	11
						6	Evansville	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 24
Game 1	Indiana State University	13-4	University of Evansville
Game 2	Dallas Baptist University	15-9	Bradley University
Game 3	Wichita State University	3-1 (10)	Southern Illinois University
Game 4	Illinois State University	1-0	Missouri State University
May 25
Game 5	University of Evansville	12-2	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
Game 6	Missouri State University	13-3	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 7	Dallas Baptist University	6-2	Indiana State University
Game 8	Illinois State University	7-4	Wichita State University
May 26
Game 9	Indiana State University	11-3	University of Evansville	Evansville eliminated
Game 10	Missouri State University	6-3	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
Game 11	Dallas Baptist University	6-5	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
Game 12	Missouri State University	8-6	Illinois State University
May 28
Game 13	Illinois State University	7-2	Missouri State University	Missouri State eliminated
Game 14	Dallas Baptist University	10-6	Illinois State University	Dallas Baptist advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Dominic Bifano, Indiana State
• 1B Jeff Zahn, Indiana State
• 2B Derek Parola, Illinois State
• SS Graig Shepherd, Evansville
• 3B Tim Millard, Dallas Baptist
• UT Nick Zouras, Illinois State
• DH Matt Duce, Dallas Baptist
• OF Jameson Hannah, Dallas Baptist
• OF Hunter Steinmetz, Missouri State
• OF Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist
• P Brady Huffman, Illinois State
• P Jake Fromson, Missouri State