2010 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

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]

2010 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsIllinois State (2nd title)
Winning coachMark Kingston (1st title)
MVPKevin Tokarski (Illinois State)

Seeding and format

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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

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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

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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

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Illinois State second baseman Kevin Tokarski was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

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  1. ^ "State Farm MVC Baseball". mvc-sports.com.
  2. ^ "2020 MVC Baseball Guide" (PDF). MVC Sports. p. 30. Retrieved April 19, 2020.