2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2021 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Itchy Jones Stadium; Carbondale, Illinois;
Champions	Dallas Baptist (4th title)
Winning coach	Dan Heefner (4th title)
MVP	Jace Grady (Dallas Baptist)
Television	ESPN+
	← 2020; Missouri Valley baseball tournament; 2022 →;

The 2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 25 through 30, 2021. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Southern Illinois University's Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois. The winner of the tournament, Dallas Baptist, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2]

2021 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Dallas Baptist ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	6	.750	41	–	16	.719
Indiana State ‍‍‍^y	14	–	10	.583	31	–	21	.596
Bradley ‍‍‍	12	–	10	.545	20	–	22	.476
Southern Illinois ‍‍‍	15	–	13	.536	40	–	20	.667
Missouri State ‍‍‍	11	–	13	.458	21	–	23	.477
Illinois State ‍‍‍	12	–	15	.444	23	–	34	.404
Evansville ‍‍‍	11	–	16	.407	28	–	27	.509
Valparaiso ‍‍‍	9	–	19	.321	16	–	35	.314

‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 12, 2021^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The four lowest seeded teams played in a single elimination round, with the two winners advancing to the six-team double-elimination bracket.

Results

Play-In Round


Team	R
#6 Illinois State	10
#7 Evansville	9¹²


Team	R
#5 Missouri State	4
#8 Valparaiso	6¹⁰

Double-Elimination Rounds


First round			Second round			Third round			Semifinals			Final



1	Dallas Baptist	12

8	Valparaiso	2	1	Dallas Baptist	10

			3	Bradley	5

2	Indiana State	5				1	Dallas Baptist	10

6	Illinois State	2				2	Indiana State	1

			2	Indiana State	11							1	Dallas Baptist	12	-

			4	Southern Illinois	8							2	Indiana State	8¹¹	-

3	Bradley	1							2	Indiana State	9

4	Southern Illinois	13				4	Southern Illinois	11	4	Southern Illinois	7

			8	Valparaiso	6	8	Valparaiso	5

			6	Illinois State	5

Conference championship

Missouri Valley Championship
(1) Dallas Baptist Patriots	vs.	(2) Indiana State Sycamores

May 30, 2021, 11:02 a.m. (CDT) at Itchy Jones Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
(1) Dallas Baptist	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	5	12	14	1
(2) Indiana State	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	8	16	5
WP: Dominic Hamel (12–2) LP: Connor Fenlong (4–2) Home runs: DBU: Jace Grady (2); Blayne Jones ISU: Aaron Beck

References

^ "Baseball standings". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
^ "Baseball Championship - Missouri Valley Conference".

[1] "Baseball standings". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved May 31, 2021.

[2] "Baseball Championship - Missouri Valley Conference".

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