1998 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 1998 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Cape Girardeau, MO. #2 Southeast Missouri State University defeated #1 Eastern Illinois University for the title. Jeremy Johnson of Southeast Missouri St. was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Eastern Illinois University	17-6	Jim Schmitz
2	Southeast Missouri State University	15-9	Mark Hogan
3	Tennessee Technological University	14-10	David Mays
4	Murray State University	13-11	Mike Thieke
5	Eastern Kentucky University	12-12	Jim Ward
6	Morehead State University	12-12	John Jarnigan

Results

Bracket

	First Round single elimination					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Eastern Illinois	3
	4	Murray St.	5			5	Eastern Kentucky	15
	5	Eastern Kentucky	7								5	Eastern Kentucky	8
											2	Southeast Missouri St.	12
						2	Southeast Missouri St.	10
	3	Tennessee Tech	3			6	Morehead St.	9
	6	Morehead St.	8													2	Southeast Missouri St.	15	x
																1	Eastern Illinois	11	x
						Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
											5	Eastern Kentucky	10
						1	Eastern Illinois	10			1	Eastern Illinois	26
						6	Morehead St.	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Eastern Kentucky University	7-5	Murray State University	single elimination, Eastern Kentucky advances
Game 2	Morehead State University	8-3	Tennessee Technological University	single elimination, Morehead State advances
Game 3	Eastern Kentucky University	15-3	Eastern Illinois University
Game 4	Southeast Missouri State University	10-9	Morehead State University
Game 5	Eastern Illinois University	10-8	Morehead State University	Morehead State eliminated
Game 6	Southeast Missouri State University	12-8	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 7	Eastern Illinois University	26-10	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Kentucky eliminated
Game 8	Southeast Missouri State University	15-11	Eastern Illinois University	Southeast Missouri State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C - Brad Hoehner, Southeast Missouri St.
• IF - Steve Lowe, Southeast Missouri St.
• IF - Matt Marzec, Eastern Illinois
• IF - Clint Benhoff, Eastern Illinois
• IF - Adam Basil, Eastern Kentucky
• OF - Jeremy Johnson, Southeast Missouri St.
• OF - Charlie Marino, Southeast Missouri St.
• OF - Phil Warren, Southeast Missouri St.
• OF - Josh Zink, Eastern Illinois
• OF - Sean Lyons, Eastern Illinois
• OF - Sean Murray, Eastern Kentucky
• OF - Chris Berry, Morehead St.
• P - Corey Eagle, Eastern Kentucky
• P - Jon Rauch, Morehead St.