2014 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2014 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
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MVC Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsDallas Baptist (1st title)
Winning coachDan Heefner (1st title)
MVPCamden Duzenack (Dallas Baptist)
TelevisionESPN3
2014 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 15 6   .714 34 21   .618
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 14 7   .667 35 18   .660
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍y 14 7   .667 39 21   .650
Wichita State  ‍‍‍ 13 8   .619 31 28   .525
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 10 11   .476 33 22   .600
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 9 12   .429 26 31   .456
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 5 16   .238 24 27   .471
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 17   .190 26 31   .456
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of May 24, 2014[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 24. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Indiana State's Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dallas Baptist won the tournament for the first time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

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The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single-elimination final.

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Evansville 15 6 .714 1
Indiana State 14 7 .667 1 2
Dallas Baptist 14 7 .667 1 3
Wichita State 13 8 .619 2 4
Illinois State 10 11 .476 5 5
Missouri State 9 12 .429 6 6
Bradley 4 16 .200 10.5 7
Southern Illinois 4 17 .190 11 8

Results

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First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1Evansville1
8Southern Illinois9
8Southern Illinois1
5Illinois State6
4Wichita State0
5Illinois State6
5Illinois State6
4Wichita State1
1Evansville6
4Wichita State88Southern Illinois1
4Wichita State4
5Illinois State1
2Indiana State2
3Dallas Baptist4
7Bradley6
7Bradley5
3Dallas Baptist6
3Dallas Baptist3
6Missouri State2
3Dallas Baptist39
6Missouri State54
2Indiana State1
6Missouri State97Bradley2
6Missouri State7

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Dallas Baptist shortstop Camden Duzenack, one of four Patriots selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Pos. Name Team
1B Mason Snyder Illinois State
2B Drew Turbin Dallas Baptist
SS Camden Duzenack Dallas Baptist
3B Brock Stewart Illinois State
C Mike Hollenbeck Illinois State
UT Mike Wesolowski Dallas Baptist
DH Logan Leverett Illinois State
OF Daniel Dwyer Illinois State
OF Tate Matheny Missouri State
OF Max Murphy Bradley
P Dillon Craig Illinois State
P Cy Sneed Dallas Baptist

References

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