2019 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2019 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 21-25 at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, IL. #3 Indiana State University defeated #1 Dallas Baptist University for the title. Chris Ayers of Indiana State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Dallas Baptist University	14-7	Dan Heefner
2	Illinois State University	14-7	Steve Holm
3	Indiana State University	13-8	Mitch Hannahs
4	University of Evansville	11-10	Wes Carroll
5	Bradley University	11-10	Elvis Dominguez
6	Missouri State University	10-11	Keith Guttin
7	Valparaiso University	6-15	Brian Schmack
8	Southern Illinois University	5-16	Ken Henderson

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Dallas Baptist	1
	6	Missouri State	0			1	Dallas Baptist	9
						4	Evansville	2
	2	Illinois State	4								1	Dallas Baptist	9
	8	Southern Illinois	1								2	Illinois State	7
						2	Illinois State	10													1	Dallas Baptist	5	3
						3	Indiana State	7													3	Indiana State	9	16
	3	Indiana State	7													2	Illinois State	7
	4	Evansville	0								3	Indiana State	4			3	Indiana State	10
						6	Missouri State	9			8	Southern Illinois	1
						8	Southern Illinois	10

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 21
Game 1	Missouri State University	7-1	Valparaiso University	single elimination, Missouri State advances
Game 2	Southern Illinois University	7-4	Bradley University	single elimination, Southern Illinois advances
May 22
Game 3	Dallas Baptist University	1-0	Missouri State University
Game 4	Illinois State University	4-1	Southern Illinois University
Game 5	Indiana State University	7-0	University of Evansville
May 23
Game 6	Southern Illinois University	10-9	Missouri State University	Missouri State eliminated
Game 7	Dallas Baptist University	9-2	University of Evansville	Evansville eliminated
Game 8	Illinois State University	10-7	Indiana State University
May 24
Game 9	Indiana State University	4-1	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 10	Dallas Baptist University	9-7	Illinois State University
Game 11	Indiana State University	10-7	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
May 25
Game 12	Indiana State University	9-5	Dallas Baptist University
Game 13	Indiana State University	16-3 (8)	Dallas Baptist University	Indiana State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C - Herbert Iser, DBU
• 1B - Andres Sosa, DBU
• 2B – Jarrod Watkins, Indiana State
• 3B - Joe Butler, Illinois State
• SS - Aidan Huggins, Illinois State
• DH - Chris Ayers, Indiana State (MVP)
• OF - Ian Walters, Southern Illinois
• OF - Luke Bandy, DBU
• OF - CJ Huntley, Indiana State
• P - Tyler Whitbread, Indiana State
• P - Jordan Martinson, DBU
• P - Brent Headrick, Illinois State