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The 2010 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place May 25–29. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wichita State's Eck Stadium - Tyler Field in Wichita, Kansas. Illinois State won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
| Teams | 8 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Illinois State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Mark Kingston (1st title) |
| MVP | Kevin Tokarski (Illinois State) |
Seeding and format edit
The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.
Results edit
| First round | Second round | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana State | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Creighton | 710 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana State | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Illinois State | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Illinois State | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Bradley | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Illinois State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana State | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Creighton | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Bradley | 512 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Indiana State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Creighton | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Illinois State | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wichita State | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Evansville | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Evansville | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wichita State | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wichita State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Missouri State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Wichita State | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Evansville | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Southern Illinois | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Missouri State | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Evansville | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Missouri State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team edit
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]
| POS | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| C | Matt Mirabel | Illinois State |
| 1B | Zack Amrein | Illinois State |
| 2B | Kevin Tokarski | Illinois State |
| SS | Eric Stamets | Evansville |
| 3B | Cody Fick | Evansville |
| UT | Kevin Medrano | Missouri State |
| UT | Ryan Court | Illinois State |
| DH | Evan Kohli | Illinois State |
| OF | Bret Bascue | Wichita State |
| OF | Greg Wallace | Evansville |
| OF | Trever Adams | Creighton |
| P | Tim Kelley | Wichita State |
| P | Kenny Long | Illinois State |
Most Outstanding Player edit
Illinois State second baseman Kevin Tokarski was named Most Outstanding Player.
References edit
- ^ "State Farm MVC Baseball". mvc-sports.com.
- ^ "2020 MVC Baseball Guide" (PDF). MVC Sports. p. 30. Retrieved April 19, 2020.