2025 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 20-24 in Normal, IL. #1 Murray State University defeated #2 Missouri State University for the title. Dustin Mercer was Murray State named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Overall Record	Head Coach
1	Murray State University	17-8	Dan Skirka
2	Missouri State University	17-8	Joey Hawkins
3	Southern Illinois University	16-11	Lance Rhodes
4	University of Illinois Chicago	16-11	Sean McDermott
5	Illinois State University	15-12	Steve Holm
6	Belmont University	13-14	David Jarvis
7	Bradley University	12-15	Elvis Dominguez
8	Indiana State University	12-15	Tracy Archuleta

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Murray St.	15
	6	Belmont	14			1	Murray St.	10
						3	Southern Illinois	5
	2	Missouri St.	7								1	Murray St.	5
	5	Illinois St.	2								4	Illinois-Chicago	2
						2	Missouri St.	5													1	Murray St.	10	x
						4	Illinois-Chicago	11													2	Missouri St.	5	x
	3	Southern Illinois	17													4	Illinois-Chicago	1
	4	Illinois-Chicago	19								2	Missouri St.	20			2	Missouri St.	4
						6	Belmont	7			6	Belmont	10
						5	Illinois St.	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	Illinois State University	14-4 (8)	Indiana State University	Indiana State eliminated
May 21
Game 2	Belmont University	11-7	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
Game 3	University of Illinois Chicago	19-7	Southern Illinois University
Game 4	Murray State University	15-14 (11)	Belmont University
May 22
Game 5	Missouri State University	7-2	Illinois State University
Game 6	Belmont University	7-3	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
Game 7	Murray State University	10-5	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
May 23
Game 8	University of Illinois Chicago	11-5	Missouri State University
Game 9	Missouri State University	20-10 (7)	Belmont University	Belmont eliminated
Game 10	Murray State University	5-2	University of Illinois Chicago
May 24
Game 11	Missouri State University	4-1	University of Illinois Chicago	Illinois Chicago eliminated
Game 12	Murray State University	10-5	Missouri State University	Murray State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Noah Smith, Illinois State
• Mike Sprockett, Belmont
• Landon Godsey, Belmont
• Lucas Smith, UIC
• Luke Nowak, UIC
• Caden Bogenpohl, Missouri State
• Jason Schaaf, Missouri State
• Curry Sutherland, Missouri State
• Dan Tauken, Murray State
• Jonathan Hogart, Murray State
• Jacob Hustedde, Murray State
• Dustin Mercer, Murray State