2018 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2018 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 23-27 at Horner Ballpark in Dallas, TX. #1 Missouri State University defeated #2 Dallas Baptist University for the title. Ben Whetstone of Missouri State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Missouri State University	18-3	Keith Guttin
2	Dallas Baptist University	16-5	Dan Heefner
3	Bradley University	11-10	Elvis Dominguez
4	Indiana State University	11-10	Mitch Hannahs
5	Southern Illinois University	10-11	Ken Henderson
6	Illinois State University	9-12	Bo Durkac
7	Valparaiso University	6-15	Brian Schmack
8	University of Evansville	3-18	Wes Carroll

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Missouri State	10
	8	Evansville	0
						1	Missouri State	4
						4	Indiana State	2
	4	Indiana State	9
	5	Southern Illinois	7
											1	Missouri State	9	x
										4	Indiana State	6	x
	8	Evansville	4
	5	Southern Illinois	5
						4	Indiana State	14
						5	Southern Illinois	12
																1	Missouri State	7
																2	Dallas Baptist	6
	2	Dallas Baptist	10
	7	Valparaiso	13
						7	Valparaiso	9
						3	Bradley	11
	3	Bradley	14
	6	Illinois State	2
											3	Bradley	7	1
										2	Dallas Baptist	14	11
	2	Dallas Baptist	10
	6	Illinois State	6
						7	Valparaiso	5
						2	Dallas Baptist	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	Indiana State University	9-7	Southern Illinois University
Game 2	Missouri State University	10-0	University of Evansville
Game 3	Bradley University	14-2	Illinois State University
Game 4	Valparaiso University	13-10	Dallas Baptist University
May 24
Game 5	Southern Illinois University	5-4 (12)	University of Evansville	Evansville eliminated
Game 6	Dallas Baptist University	10-6	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
Game 7	Missouri State University	4-2	Indiana State University
Game 8	Bradley University	11-9	Valparaiso University
May 25
Game 9	Indiana State University	14-12 (10)	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 10	Dallas Baptist University	7-5	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso eliminated
Game 11	Missouri State University	9-6	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
May 26
Game 12	Dallas Baptist University	14-7	Bradley University
Game 13	Dallas Baptist University	11-1	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
May 27
Game 14	Missouri State University	7-6 (10)	Dallas Baptist University	Missouri State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• C Scott Kapers, Valparaiso
• 1B Ben Whetstone, Missouri State
• 2B Andrew Ivelia, Bradley
• SS Connor Kopach, Southern Illinois
• 3B Tim Millard, Dallas Baptist
• UT John Privitera, Missouri State
• DH Garrett Wolforth, Dallas Baptist
• OF Jameson Hannah, Dallas Baptist
• OF Brooks Zimmerman, Missouri State
• OF Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist
• P Dylan Coleman, Missouri State
• P Jordan Martinson, Dallas Baptist