2018 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 22-27 at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, AL. #3 Morehead State University defeated #1 Tennessee Technological University for the title. Niko Hulsizer of Morehead St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Tennessee Technological University	27-3	Matt Bragga
2	Southeast Missouri State University	20-10	Andy Sawyers
3	Morehead State University	18-12	Mike McGuire
4	Jacksonville State University	18-12	Jim Case
5	Austin Peay State University	17-13	Travis Janssen
6	Eastern Kentucky University	15-15	Edwin Thompson
7	Murray State University	13-16	Kevin Moulder
8	Eastern Illinois University	12-18	Jason Anderson

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Tennessee Tech	5
						4	Jacksonville St.	2
	4	Jacksonville St.	8
	5	Austin Peay St.	2
											1	Tennessee Tech	10
											3	Morehead St.	5
	2	SE Missouri St.	5
	7	Murray St.	2
						2	SE Missouri St.	9
						3	Morehead St.	18
	3	Morehead St.	12
	6	Eastern Kentucky	7																		1	Tennessee Tech	6	3
																					3	Morehead St.	11	4
	Loser's Bracket
	7	Murray St.	6
	6	Eastern Kentucky	13			5	Austin Peay St.	1
						6	Eastern Kentucky	5
											6	Eastern Kentucky	11
											4	Jacksonville St.	8			3	Morehead St.	5
						4	Jacksonville St.	11								6	Eastern Kentucky	2
						2	SE Missouri St.	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 22
Game 1	Murray State University	15-5	Eastern Illinois University	single elimination, Murray State advances
May 23
Game 2	Jacksonville State University	8-2	Austin Peay State University
Game 3	Morehead State University	12-7	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 4	Southeast Missouri State University	5-2	Murray State University
Game 5	Eastern Kentucky University	13-6	Murray State University	Murray State eliminated
May 24
Game 6	Tennessee Technological University	5-2	Jacksonville State University
Game 7	Morehead State University	18-9	Southeast Missouri State University
Game 8	Eastern Kentucky University	5-1	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay eliminated
May 25
Game 9	Tennessee Technological University	10-5	Morehead State University
Game 10	Jacksonville State University	11-0	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri eliminated
Game 11	Eastern Kentucky University	11-8 (14)	Jacksonville State University	Jacksonville State eliminated
May 26
Game 12	Morehead State University	5-2	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Kentucky eliminated
Game 13	Morehead State University	11-6	Tennessee Technological University
May 27
Game 14	Morehead State University	4-3	Tennessee Technological University	Morehead State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Colton Pate, Jacksonville St.
• Taylor Hawthorne, Jacksonville St.
• Aaron Ochsenbein, Eastern Kentucky
• Nick Howie, Eastern Kentucky
• Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech
• Trevor Putzig, Tennessee Tech
• Nick Osborne, Tennessee Tech
• Travis Moths, Tennessee Tech
• Dalton Stambaugh, Morehead St.
• Braxton Morris, Morehead St.
• Jake Hammon, Morehead St.
• Cory Conway, Morehead St.
• Niko Hulsizer, Morehead St.