2021 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held at Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, IL. #1 Dallas Baptist University defeated #2 Indiana State University for the title. Jace Grady of Dallas Baptist was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Dallas Baptist University	18-6	Dan Heefner
2	Indiana State University	14-10	Mitch Hannahs
3	Bradley University	12-10	Elvis Dominguez
4	Southern Illinois University	15-13	Lance Rhodes
5	Missouri State University	11-13	Keith Guttin
6	Illinois State University	12-15	Steve Holm
7	University of Evansville	11-16	Wes Carroll
8	Valparaiso University	9-19	Brian Schmack

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Dallas Baptist	12
	8	Valparaiso	2			1	Dallas Baptist	10
						3	Bradley	5
	2	Indiana State	5								1	Dallas Baptist	10
	6	Illinois State	2								2	Indiana State	1
						2	Indiana State	11													1	Dallas Baptist	12	x
						4	Southern Illinois	8													2	Indiana State	8	x
	3	Bradley	1													2	Indiana State	9
	4	Southern Illinois	13								4	Southern Illinois	11			4	Southern Illinois	7
						8	Valparaiso	6			8	Valparaiso	5
						6	Illinois State	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 25
Game 1	Illinois State University	10-9 (12)	University of Evansville	Evansville eliminated
Game 2	Valparaiso University	6-4 (10)	Missouri State University	Missouri State eliminated
May 26
Game 3	Dallas Baptist University	12-2	Valparaiso University
Game 4	Indiana State University	5-2	Illinois State University
Game 5	Southern Illinois University	13-1	Bradley University
May 27
Game 6	Valparaiso University	6-5	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
May 28
Game 7	Dallas Baptist University	10-5	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
Game 8	Indiana State University	11-8	Southern Illinois University
Game 9	Southern Illinois University	11-5	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso eliminated
May 29
Game 10	Dallas Baptist University	10-1	Indiana State University
Game 11	Indiana State University	9-7	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
May 30
Game 12	Dallas Baptist University	12-8 (11)	Indiana State University	Dallas Baptist advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C - Christian Boulware, Dallas Baptist
• 1B - Philip Archer, Southern Illinois
• 2B – Jackson Glenn, Dallas Baptist
• 3B - Brendan Dougherty, Bradley
• SS - Jordan Schaffer, Indiana State
• SS - Blayne Jones, Dallas Baptist
• OF - JT Weber, Southern Illinois
• OF - Ellison Hanna II, Indiana State
• OF - River Town, Dallas Baptist
• OF - Jace Grady, Dallas Baptist
• P - Geremy Guerrero, Indiana State
• P - Luke Eldred, Dallas Baptist