2001 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2001 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 16-19 in Wichita, KS. #5 University of Northern Iowa defeated #6 Indiana State University for the title. Ryan Brunner of Northern Iowa was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Southwest Missouri State University	22-10	Keith Guttin
2	Wichita State University	21-11	Gene Stephenson
3	University of Evansville	17-11	Jim Brownlee
4	Illinois State University	17-11	Jeff Stewart
5	University of Northern Iowa	17-15	Rick Heller
6	Indiana State University	15-16	Bob Warn

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	SW Missouri State	4
	6	Indiana State	6			6	Indiana State	8
						4	Illinois State	7
	2	Wichita State	3								6	Indiana State	5
	5	Northern Iowa	4								5	Northern Iowa	6
						5	Northern Iowa	6													5	Northern Iowa	13	x
						3	Evansville	4													6	Indiana State	10	x
	3	Evansville	15													6	Indiana State	9
	4	Illinois State	7								3	Evansville	3			3	Evansville	8
						1	SW Missouri State	7			1	SW Missouri State	2
						2	Wichita State	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 16
Game 1	Indiana State University	6-4	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 2	University of Northern Iowa	4-3	Wichita State University
Game 3	University of Evansville	15-7	Illinois State University
May 17
Game 4	Southwest Missouri State University	7-3	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
Game 5	Indiana State University	8-7 (10)	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
Game 6	University of Northern Iowa	6-4	University of Evansville
May 18
Game 7	University of Northern Iowa	6-5	Indiana State University
Game 8	University of Evansville	3-2	Southwest Missouri State University	Southwest Missouri State eliminated
Game 9	Indiana State University	9-8	University of Evansville	Evansville eliminated
May 19
Game 10	University of Northern Iowa	13-10	Indiana State University	Northern Iowa advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Matt Serafini, Evansville
• 1B John Purdom, Indiana State
• 2B Matt Gardner, SW Missouri State
• SS Travis Welsch, Northern Iowa
• 3B Aaron McEachran, Northern Iowa
• OF Ryan Brunner, Northern Iowa
• OF Seth Patterson, Northern Iowa
• OF Kevin Egli, Indiana State
• DH Mike Saunchez, Illinois State
• UT Brad Pierce, Indiana State
• P Nic Ungs, Northern Iowa
• P Mitch Stetter, Indiana State