2026 Ohio Valley Conference Tournament

The 2026 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 19-23 at Marion Stadium in Marion, IL. #4 University of Arkansas at Little Rock defeated #2 Eastern Illinois University for the title. Tag Andrews of Little Rock was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	18-7	Sean Lyons
2	Eastern Illinois University	18-9	Jason Anderson
3	Southeast Missouri State University	18-9	Andy Sawyers
4	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	16-11	Chris Curry
5	Morehead State University	15-12	Chris Rose
6	Lindenwood University	13-14	P.J. Finigan
7	University of Tennessee at Martin	11-15	Ryan Jenkins
8	University of Southern Indiana	10-17	Chris Ramirez

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	SIU-Edwardsville	4
	4	Ark.-Little Rock	7			4	Ark.-Little Rock	3
	8	Southern Indiana	3								1	SIU-Edwardsville	2
											2	Eastern Illinois	3
						2	Eastern Illinois	3
	3	Southeast Missouri St.	2			3	Southeast Missouri St.	1
	6	Lindenwood	1													2	Eastern Illinois	3	6
																4	Ark.-Little Rock	4	10
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	3	Southeast Missouri St.	3
	8	Southern Indiana	5								1	SIU-Edwardsville	5
						8	Southern Indiana	2			4	Ark.-Little Rock	7
						4	Ark.-Little Rock	7
	4	Ark.-Little Rock	4
	6	Lindenwood	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 19
Game 1	Lindenwood University	7-4	University of Tennessee at Martin	UT Martin eliminated
Game 2	University of Southern Indiana	6-2	Morehead State University	Morehead St. eliminated
May 20
Game 3	Southeast Missouri State University	2-1	Lindenwood University
Game 4	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	7-3	University of Southern Indiana
May 21
Game 5	Eastern Illinois University	3-1	Southeast Missouri State University
Game 6	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	4-3	University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Game 7	University of Southern Indiana	5-3	Southeast Missouri State University	Southeast Missouri St. eliminated
Game 8	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	4-3	Lindenwood University	Lindenwood eliminated
May 22
Game 9	Eastern Illinois University	3-2 (10)	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Game 10	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	7-2	University of Southern Indiana	Southern Indiana eliminated
May 23
Game 11	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	7-5	Southern Illinois University Edwardsville	SIU Edwardsville eliminated
Game 12	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	4-2	Eastern Illinois University
May 24
Game 13	University of Arkansas at Little Rock	10-6	Eastern Illinois University	Arkansas-Little Rock advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Tag Andrews, Little Rock
• Nico Baumbach, Little Rock
• Jerdy Lopez, Little Rock
• Blake Simpson, Little Rock
• Brody Bunting, Little Rock
• Cooper Chaplain, Little Rock
• Mike O’Conor, Eastern Illinois
• Quade Peters, Eastern Illinois
• Anthony Solis, Eastern Illinois
• Bryce Riggs, Eastern Illinois
• Parker Martin, Southern Indiana
• Mason Pennington, Southeast Missouri
• Jake Radosevich, Lindenwood

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