1980 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 1980 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Bowling Green, KY. #1 Western Kentucky University defeated #3 Murray State University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Western Kentucky University	17-3	Joel Murrie
2	Morehead State University	10-4	Steve Hamilton
3	Murray State University	7-5	Johnny Reagan
4	Middle Tennessee State University	9-12	John Stanford

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Western Kentucky	5
	4	Middle Tennessee St.	8
						4	Middle Tennessee St.	5
						3	Murray St.	11
	2	Morehead St.	1
	3	Murray St.	5
											3	Murray St.	5	8
											1	Western Kentucky	10	11
						4	Middle Tennessee St.	2
	1	Western Kentucky	1			1	Western Kentucky	8
	2	Morehead St.	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Murray State University	5-1	Morehead State University
Game 2	Middle Tennessee State University	8-5	Western Kentucky University
Game 3	Western Kentucky University	1-0	Morehead State University	Morehead State eliminated
Game 4	Murray State University	11-5	Middle Tennessee State University
Game 5	Western Kentucky University	8-2	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee State eliminated
Game 6	Western Kentucky University	10-5	Murray State University
Game 7	Western Kentucky University	11-8	Murray State University	Western Kentucky advances to NCAA tournament