1997 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 1997 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Murfreesboro, TN. #2 Tennessee Technological University defeated #5 Southeast Missouri State University for the title. Mark Maberry of Tennessee Tech was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Middle Tennessee State University	17-7	Steve Peterson
2	Tennessee Technological University	17-7	David Mays
3	Austin Peay State University	14-10	Gary McClure
4	Eastern Illinois University	13-11	Jim Schmitz
5	Southeast Missouri State University	11-13	Mark Hogan
6	Eastern Kentucky University	10-14	Jim Ward

Results

Bracket

	First Round single elimination					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Middle Tennessee St.	0
	4	Eastern Illinois	5			5	Southeast Missouri St.	4
	5	Southeast Missouri St.	6								5	Southeast Missouri St.	9
											2	Tennessee Tech	5
						2	Tennessee Tech	5
	3	Austin Peay St.	4			3	Austin Peay St.	4
	6	Eastern Kentucky	1													5	Southeast Missouri St.	8	4
																2	Tennessee Tech	10	8
						Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
											2	Tennessee Tech	4
						1	Middle Tennessee St.	6			3	Austin Peay St.	2
						3	Austin Peay St.	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Southeast Missouri State University	6-5	Eastern Illinois University	single elimination, Southeast Missouri advances
Game 2	Austin Peay State University	4-1	Eastern Kentucky University	single elimination, Austin Peay advances
Game 3	Southeast Missouri State University	4-0	Middle Tennessee State University
Game 4	Tennessee Technological University	5-4	Austin Peay State University
Game 5	Austin Peay State University	9-6	Middle Tennessee State University	Middle Tennessee State eliminated
Game 6	Southeast Missouri State University	9-5	Tennessee Technological University
Game 7	Tennessee Technological University	4-2	Austin Peay State University	Austin Peay eliminated
Game 8	Tennessee Technological University	10-8	Southeast Missouri State University
Game 9	Tennessee Technological University	8-4	Southeast Missouri State University	Tennessee Tech advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C - Andrew Thompson, Middle Tennessee St.
• IF - LaMonte Collier, Southeast Missouri St.
• IF - Jeremy Bonczynski, Tennessee Tech
• IF - Kyle Yount, Southeast Missouri St.
• IF - Travis Adams, Tennessee Tech
• OF - Kent Brown, Austin Peay St.
• OF - Chad Malone, Tennessee Tech
• OF - Ryan Browning, Tennessee Tech
• UT - Mike Miller, Southeast Missouri St.
• P - Mark Maberry, Tennessee Tech
• P - Jason Swearingen, Southeast Missouri St.
• P - Seth Massey, Austin Peay St.