2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament
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Classification	Division I
Season	2014
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Site	The Ballpark at Jackson Jackson, TN
Champions	Jacksonville State (4th title)
Winning coach	Jim Case (3rd title)
MVP	Pitching staff (Jacksonville State)
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2014 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
SE Missouri State †	23	–	7	–	0		.767			37	–	20	–	0		.649
Tennessee Tech	18	–	12	–	0		.600			40	–	17	–	0		.702
Jacksonville State	18	–	12	–	0		.600			34	–	25	–	0		.576
Morehead State	16	–	14	–	0		.533			29	–	28	–	0		.509
SIU Edwardsville	16	–	14	–	0		.533			21	–	33	–	0		.389
Eastern Illinois	15	–	14	–	1		.517			22	–	33	–	1		.402
Murray State	14	–	16	–	0		.467			23	–	29	–	0		.442
Austin Peay	14	–	16	–	0		.467			23	–	33	–	0		.411
Belmont	13	–	16	–	1		.450			24	–	30	–	1		.445
Eastern Kentucky	12	–	18	–	0		.400			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Tennessee–Martin	5	–	25	–	0		.167			9	–	42	–	0		.176
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion As of May 23, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–25. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at The Ballpark at Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee. Jacksonville State won the tournament for the fourth time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament^[2]

Seeding and format

The top six teams are taken and seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
Southeast Missouri State	23	7	0	.767	-	1
Tennessee Tech	18	12	0	.600	5	2
Jacksonville State	18	12	0	.600	5	3
x-SIU Edwardsville	16	14	0	.533	7	4
x-Morehead State	16	14	0	.533	7	5
Eastern Illinois	15	14	1	.517	7.5	6
Murray State	14	16	0	.467	8	-
Austin Peay	14	16	0	.467	8	-
Belmont	13	16	1	.450	8.5	-
Eastern Kentucky	12	18	0	.400	10	–
Tennessee-Martin	5	25	0	.167	17	–

Tiebreakers:
x- SIU Edwardsville wins 4 seed from 2-1 record vs. Morehead State.

Results

	First round					Second round					Third Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
Winner's Bracket
	4	SIU Edwardsville	6			1	SE Missouri State	8
	5	Morehead State	11			6	Eastern Illinois	6
											1	SE Missouri State	2
											2	Tennessee Tech	9
	3	Jacksonville State	1			2	Tennessee Tech	14
	6	Eastern Illinois	2			5	Morehead State	2
																					2	Tennessee Tech	7	2
Loser's Bracket																					3	Jacksonville State	10	4
	4	SIU Edwardsville	5
	3	Jacksonville State	7
						3	Jacksonville State	13
						6	Eastern Illinois	2
											3	Jacksonville State	7
											5	Morehead State	1
																3	Jacksonville State	6
																1	SE Missouri State	2

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Jacksonville State's entire pitching staff was given the MVP award.^[3]

Name	Team
Matt Borens	Eastern Illinois
Cole Bieser	Southeast Missouri State
Dylan Bosheers	Tennessee Tech
Daniel Miles	Tennessee Tech
David Hess	Tennessee Tech
Tyler Gamble	Jacksonville State
Griff Gordon	Jacksonville State
Paschal Petrongolo	Jacksonville State
Ryan Sebra	Jacksonville State
Michael Bishop	Jacksonville State
Casey Antley	Jacksonville State
Zachary Fowler	Jacksonville State
Travis Stout	Jacksonville State

References

1. "2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
2. "2014 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
3. "Jacksonville State Wins Fourth OVC Baseball Championship Crown". OCVSports.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014.