2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

2014 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament

2014 OVC Baseball tournament logo
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)
Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2013  2015»
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.
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