2014 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament

2014 Missouri Valley Conference
baseball tournament

MVC Baseball Tournament
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium Terre Haute, IN
Champions	Dallas Baptist (1st title)
Winning coach	Dan Heefner (1st title)
MVP	Camden Duzenack (Dallas Baptist)
Television	ESPN3

2014 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Evansville  ‍‍‍	15	–	6		.714			34	–	21		.618
Indiana State  ‍‍‍	14	–	7		.667			35	–	16		.686
Dallas Baptist  ‍‍‡‍	14	–	7		.667			38	–	19		.667
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	13	–	8		.619			31	–	28		.525
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			33	–	21		.611
Missouri State  ‍‍‍	9	–	12		.429			26	–	31		.456
Bradley  ‍‍‍	4	–	16		.200			24	–	27		.471
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	4	–	17		.190			26	–	31		.456
‡ – Tournament champion As of May 24, 2014[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 24. All eight teams participated in the double-elimination tournament held at Indiana State's Bob Warn Field at Sycamore Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana. Dallas Baptist won the tournament for the first time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single-elimination final.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Evansville	15	6	.714	–	1
Indiana State	14	7	.667	1	2
Dallas Baptist	14	7	.667	1	3
Wichita State	13	8	.619	2	4
Illinois State	10	11	.476	5	5
Missouri State	9	12	.429	6	6
Bradley	4	16	.200	10.5	7
Southern Illinois	4	17	.190	11	8

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Final
	1	Evansville	1
	8	Southern Illinois	9
						8	Southern Illinois	1
						5	Illinois State	6
	4	Wichita State	0
	5	Illinois State	6
											5	Illinois State	6	–
											4	Wichita State	1	–
	1	Evansville	6
	4	Wichita State	8			8	Southern Illinois	1
						4	Wichita State	4
																	5	Illinois State	1
	2	Indiana State	2
																	3	Dallas Baptist	4
	7	Bradley	6
						7	Bradley	5
						3	Dallas Baptist	6
	3	Dallas Baptist	3
	6	Missouri State	2
											3	Dallas Baptist	3	9
											6	Missouri State	5	4
	2	Indiana State	1
	6	Missouri State	9			7	Bradley	2
						6	Missouri State	7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Dallas Baptist shortstop Camden Duzenack, one of four Patriots selected, was named Most Outstanding Player.

Pos.	Name	Team
1B	Mason Snyder	Illinois State
2B	Drew Turbin	Dallas Baptist
SS	Camden Duzenack	Dallas Baptist
3B	Brock Stewart	Illinois State
C	Mike Hollenbeck	Illinois State
UT	Mike Wesolowski	Dallas Baptist
DH	Logan Leverett	Illinois State
OF	Daniel Dwyer	Illinois State
OF	Tate Matheny	Missouri State
OF	Max Murphy	Bradley
P	Dillon Craig	Illinois State
P	Cy Sneed	Dallas Baptist

References

1. "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". Missouri Valley Conference. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
2. Danny Pfrank (May 16, 2013). "Indiana State Named Tournament Host For 2014 MVC Baseball Championship". Indiana State Sycamores. Retrieved April 10, 2014.
3. "2013-14 Championship Info". Missouri Valley Conference. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 10, 2014.