2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 24 through 29. All eight baseball-sponsoring schools in the conference will participate in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, Missouri. The winner of the tournament will earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2022 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hammons Field Springfield, Missouri
Champions	Missouri State (5th title)
Winning coach	Keith Guttin (5th title)
MVP	Mason Greer (Missouri State)
Television	ESPN+
← 2021 MVC baseball tournament 2023 →

2022 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Southern Illinois  ‍†‍‍	16	–	5	–	0		.762			44	–	16	–	0		.733
Evansville  ‍‍‍	14	–	6	–	0		.700			32	–	24	–	0		.571
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‍^y	11	–	9	–	1		.548			34	–	22	–	1		.605
Bradley  ‍‍‍	11	–	10	–	0		.524			20	–	29	–	0		.408
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	10	–	10	–	1		.500			26	–	22	–	1		.541
Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍^y	8	–	13	–	0		.381			30	–	27	–	0		.526
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	7	–	14	–	0		.333			20	–	31	–	0		.392
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	5	–	15	–	0		.250			16	–	32	–	0		.333
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 1, 2024^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams will be seeded based on conference winning percentage. The four lowest seeds will participate in a play-in round with the winners advancing to a six-team double-elimination bracket.

Results

Play-in round

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
8 Valparaiso	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
5 Indiana State	1	0	0	4	2	1	0	0	X	8	8	0
WP: Matt Jachec (9–2)   LP: Colin Fields (4–7) Boxscore

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
7 Illinois State	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	9	0
6 Missouri State	0	0	2	0	1	2	2	2	X	9	11	0
WP: Riyan Rodriguez (3–0)   LP: Jared Hart (2–3) Boxscore

Double-elimination round

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Southern Illinois	1
	6	Missouri State	5			6	Missouri State	19
						4	Bradley	3
	2	Evansville	9								6	Missouri State	7
	5	Indiana State	1								2	Evansville	6
						2	Evansville	21													6	Missouri State	6	13
						3	Dallas Baptist	2													1	Southern Illinois	9	3
	3	Dallas Baptist	4													2	Evansville	5
	4	Bradley	3								3	Dallas Baptist	5			1	Southern Illinois	8
						1	Southern Illinois	8			1	Southern Illinois	7
						5	Indiana State	2

Schedule

Game	Time*	Matchup^#	Score
First Round - Single Elimination
Tuesday, May 24
1	1:30 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 7 Illinois State Elimination Game	5-1^[4]
Wednesday, May 25
2	2:30 p.m.	No. 5 Indiana State vs. No. 8 Valparaiso Elimination Game	8-0^[5]
Second Round - Double Elimination - Wednesday, May 25
3	5:52 p.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 6 Missouri State	1-5^[6]
4	9:15 p.m.	No. 2 Evansville vs. No. 5 Indiana State	9-1^[7]
Thursday, May 26
5	7:30 p.m.	No. 3 Dallas Baptist vs. No. 4 Bradley	4-3^[8]
Third Round - Friday, May 27
6	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Indiana State Elimination Game	8-2^[9]
7	3:00 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 4 Bradley	19-3^[10]
8	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Evansville vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist	21-2
Saturday, May 28
9	11:00 a.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 3 Dallas Baptist Elimination Game	7-5
10	3:00 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 2 Evansville	7-6
11	7:00 p.m.	No. 1 Southern Illinois vs. No. 2 Evansville Elimination Game	8-5
Championship - Sunday, May 29
12	12:00 p.m.	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 1 Southern Illinois	6-9
13	3:32 pm	No. 6 Missouri State vs. No. 1 Southern Illinois Elimination Game	13-3
*Game times in CDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

References

1. "Baseball standings". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved May 1, 2024.
2. "2021-22 Championships". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
3. "Baseball Championship". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 19, 2022.
4. "Missouri State-Illinois State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
5. "Indiana State-Valparaiso Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
6. "Southern Illinois-Missouri State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
7. "Evansville-Indiana State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 25, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
8. "Dallas Baptist-Bradley Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2022.
9. "Southern Illinois-Indiana State Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
10. "Missouri State-Bradley Boxscore". mvc-sports.com. The Missouri Valley Conference. May 27, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.