2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

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2018 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMorehead State
2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 22 Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 27 – 3   .900 46 – 7   .868
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍ 20 – 10   .667 26 – 28   .481
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 32 – 23   .582
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 18 – 12   .600 30 – 23   .566
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 17 – 13   .567 30 – 25   .545
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 15 – 15   .500 27 – 29   .482
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 16   .448 26 – 27   .491
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12 – 18   .400 23 – 30   .434
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19   .367 19 – 36   .345
UT Martin  ‍‍‍ 7 – 22   .241 11 – 40   .216
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24   .200 15 – 37   .288
As of May 20, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2018 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 22 through 27. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Choccolocco Park in Oxford, Alabama. As tournament champion, Morehead State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008),and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The Tournament began in 1979.

Seeding and format[edit]

The top eight regular season finishers will be seeded by conference winning percentage. After a play-in round between the bottom two seeds, the remaining seven teams will play a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Results[edit]

Play in round

Team R
#8 Eastern Illinois 5
#7 Murray State 15
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1Tennessee Tech5
4Jacksonville State2
4Jacksonville State8
5Austin Peay2
1Tennessee Tech10
3Morehead State5
2Southeast Missouri5
7Murray State2
2Southeast Missouri9
3Morehead State18
3Morehead State12
6Eastern Kentucky7
1Tennessee Tech63
3Morehead State114
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
5Austin Peay1
6Eastern Kentucky136Eastern Kentucky53Morehead State5
7Murray State66Eastern Kentucky11146Eastern Kentucky2
4Jacksonville State8
4Jacksonville State11
2Southeast Missouri0

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "2018 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. ^ "2017-18 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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