2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

2012 Missouri Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2012
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination
Site Hammons Field
Springfield, MO
Champions Creighton (3rd title)
Winning coach Ed Servais (3rd title)
MVP Mike Gerber (Creighton)
Television ESPN3
Missouri Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Indiana State y 14 7 0   .667     41 17 0   .707
Missouri State y 13 7 0   .650     39 20 0   .661
Wichita State 12 9 0   .571     35 25 0   .583
Illinois State 10 9 0   .526     33 19 0   .635
Evansville 10 11 0   .476     32 27 0   .542
Southern Illinois 9 12 0   .429     31 28 0   .525
Bradley 8 13 0   .381     27 27 1   .500
Creighton y 6 14 0   .300     26 28 0   .481
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of May 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then 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
Indiana State 14 7 .667
1
Missouri State 13 7 .650
1
2
Wichita State 12 9 .571
2
3
Illinois State 10 9 .526
3
4
Evansville 10 11 .476
4
5
Southern Illinois 9 12 .429
5
6
Bradley 8 13 .381
6
7
Creighton 6 14 .300
7.5
8

Results

  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
5  Evansville 3  
4  Illinois State 10  
  4  Illinois State 5  
  8  Creighton 11  
8  Creighton 5
1  Indiana State 0  
  8  Creighton 10 -  
  4  Illinois State 3 -  
1  Indiana State 5  
5  Evansville 8  
  4  Illinois State 5*
  5  Evansville 4  
  8  Creighton 8
  6  Southern Illinois 6
6  Southern Illinois 6  
3  Wichita State 3  
  6  Southern Illinois 9*
  7  Bradley 8  
7  Bradley 5
2  Missouri State 3  
  6  Southern Illinois 3* -
  2  Missouri State 2 -  
3  Wichita State 0  
2  Missouri State 7  
  7  Bradley 8
  2  Missouri State 11*  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

POS Name School
1B Chris Serritella Southern Illinois
2B Jake Peter Creighton
SS Eric Cheray Missouri State
3B Chance Ross Creighton
C Brian Bajer Southern Illinois
UT Nick Judkins Creighton
DH Keenen Maddox Missouri State
OF Mike Gerber Creighton
OF Chad Hinshaw Illinois State
OF Brennan Murphy Creighton
P Todd Eaton Southern Illinois
P Cody Schumacher Missouri State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.[4]

References

  1. "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". mvc.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
  2. "2012 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship". mvc-sports.com. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  3. "Baseball Championship: Creighton 8, Southern Illinois 6". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2012. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "2012 Baseball All-Tournament Team". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
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