1999 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 1999 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held in Cape Girardeau, MO. #1 Eastern Illinois University defeated #4 Middle Tennessee State University for the title. Jeremy Sanders of Eastern Illinois was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Eastern Illinois University	17-7	Jim Schmitz
2	Southeast Missouri State University	15-8	Mark Hogan
3	Eastern Kentucky University	14-10	Jim Ward
4	Middle Tennessee State University	14-10	Steve Peterson
5	Austin Peay State University	13-10	Gary McClure
6	Murray State University	13-11	Mike Thieke

Results

Bracket

	First Round single elimination					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Eastern Illinois	8
	4	Middle Tennessee St.	12			4	Middle Tennessee St.	7
	5	Austin Peay St.	9								1	Eastern Illinois	9
											3	Eastern Kentucky	4
						2	Southeast Missouri St.	6
	3	Eastern Kentucky	8			3	Eastern Kentucky	13
	6	Murray St.	5													1	Eastern Illinois	4	x
																4	Middle Tennessee St.	3	x
						Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
											3	Eastern Kentucky	3
						4	Middle Tennessee St.	6			4	Middle Tennessee St.	4
						2	Southeast Missouri St.	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Middle Tennessee State University	12-9	Austin Peay State University	single elimination, Middle Tennessee State advances
Game 2	Eastern Kentucky University	8-5	Murray State University	single elimination, Eastern Kentucky advances
Game 3	Eastern Illinois University	8-7	Middle Tennessee State University
Game 4	Eastern Kentucky University	13-6	Southeast Missouri State University
Game 5	Middle Tennessee State University	6-4	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri eliminated
Game 6	Eastern Illinois University	9-4	Eastern Kentucky University
Game 7	Middle Tennessee State University	4-3	Eastern Kentucky University	Eastern Kentucky eliminated
Game 8	Eastern Illinois University	4-3	Middle Tennessee State University	Eastern Illinois advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C - Ryan Bridgewater, Eastern Illinois
• IF - Ty Curley, Middle Tennessee St.
• IF - Lee Chapman, Eastern Kentucky
• IF - David Mikes, Eastern Illinois
• IF - Josh Pride, Middle Tennessee St.
• OF - Jeff Parsons, Middle Tennessee St.
• OF - Keith Laski, Eastern Illinois
• OF - Sean Murray, Eastern Kentucky
• UT - Kris Lammers, Middle Tennessee St.
• DH - Justin Links, Middle Tennessee St.
• P - Matt Gage, Eastern Illinois
• P - Jeremy Sanders, Eastern Illinois