2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2025 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatSingle-elimination/Double-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMurray State (1st title)
Winning coachDan Skirka (1st title)
TelevisionESPN+
2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Murray State  ‍y 17 8   .680 42 14   .750
Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 17 8   .680 30 25   .545
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 37 20   .649
UIC  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 22 33   .400
Illinois State  ‍‍‍ 15 12   .556 28 28   .500
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 26 34   .433
Indiana State  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 24 31   .436
Bradley  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 16 35   .314
Evansville  ‍‍‍ 10 17   .370 17 37   .315
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 5 22   .185 10 40   .200
† – Conference champion
‡ – champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 2, 2025[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 24 at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's 10 teams met in the tournament, with the top 4 teams advancing directly to the double-elimination rounds.[2]

Seeding and format

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

Results

Play-in Round

Tuesday, May 20, 2025 7:30 PM CT at Duffy Bass Field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
No. 8 Indiana State 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 8 3
No. 5 Illinois State 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 14 15 1
WP: Tyrelle Chadwick (6-3)   LP: Ty Brooks (3-5)
Boxscore
Wednesday, May 21, 2025 9:00 AM CT at Duffy Bass Field
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
No. 7 Bradley 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 7 7 3
No. 6 Belmont 2 0 3 2 1 2 0 1 X 11 16 1
WP: Joe Ruzicka (6-4)   LP: Gavin Thompson (3-6)   Sv: Andrew Perry (1)
Boxscore

Double-Elim Tournament

First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Murray State15
6Belmont14111Murray State10
3Southern Illinois5
2Missouri State71Murray State5
5Illinois State24UIC2
2Missouri State51Murray State10
4UIC112Missouri State5
3Southern Illinois174UIC1
4UIC196Belmont102Missouri State4
6Belmont72Missouri State20
5Illinois State3

Schedule

Game Time* Matchup# Score Notes Reference
Tuesday, May 20
1 7:30 pm No. 8 Indiana State vs No. 5 Illinois State 4−14 (F/8)
Wednesday, May 21
2 9:00 am No. 7 Bradley vs No. 6 Belmont 7−11
3 12:30 pm No. 4 UIC vs No. 3 Southern Illinois 19−17
4 4:00 pm No. 6 Belmont vs No. 1 Murray State 14−15 (F/11)
Thursday, May 22
5 11:00 am No. 5 Illinois State vs No. 2 Missouri State 2−7
6 3:00 pm No. 6 Belmont vs No. 5 Illinois State 7−3 Illinois State Eliminated
7 7:00 pm No. 3 Southern Illinois vs No. 1 Murray State 5−10 Southern Illinois Eliminated
Friday, May 23
8 11:00 am No. 4 UIC vs No. 2 Missouri State 11−5
9 3:00 pm No. 6 Belmont vs No. 2 Missouri State 10−20 Belmont Eliminated
10 7:00 pm No. 4 UIC vs No. 1 Murray State 2−5
Saturday, May 24
11 11:00 am No. 4 UIC vs No. 2 Missouri State 1−4 UIC Eliminated
12 3:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs No. 1 Murray State
13 7:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs No. 1 Murray State

References

  1. ^ "Missouri Valley Conference". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved March 24, 2025.
  2. ^ "Missouri Valley Baseball Championship 2025". Missouri Valley Sports. Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 21, 2025.