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Knoxville Super Regional: Let’s Talk Vols
Top National Seed Tennessee Stands Stout Between Evansville and Omaha When you look at the Tennessee Volunteers’ baseball team, there’s one thing that impresses you. Everything. If you went into a lab to design a baseball machine with no faults, you’d probably come out with the Tennessee Volunteers, who are 53-11 this season and will… Continue reading
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Evansville Trying to Leap into Uncharted Waters
Purple Aces Face One Game for Trip to First SuperRegional Today I’ve never subscribed to the idea that a team wins because “they wanted it more.” Everyone who plays a sport wants to win. If you’re keeping score, both teams want to win. Certainly, some teams win because they work harder when no one is… Continue reading
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Greenville Regional: Aces, Purple and Otherwise, the Story
Top Starters for UE, ECU, Wake Forest, and VCU Have All Been Excellent In a season where the Purple Aces found their new ace, Evansville will find 3 other aces waiting for them when they begin NCAA Regional play in Greenville, N.C., against top-seed and 14th-ranked East Carolina at noon Central on Friday. As the… Continue reading
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Lexington Regional: Who Gets Enough Pitching to Advance?
Indiana State Led the Valley With a 4.61 ERA With the hitting we’re going to see from all 4 teams in the Lexington Regional, it’s no secret that the final verdict on who wins the regional and advances on to Supers is going to lie with the pitching, both from an effectiveness standpoint as well… Continue reading
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Lexington Regional: Indiana State Faces a Trio of High-Scoring Teams with Differing Styles
Indiana State’s Power an Improvement Over ’23 Super Regional Team If you said before the season that Indiana State would find pitchers woh would at least be as strong on the mound as 2023 starting aces Connor Fenlong and Matt Jachec, I probably would have believed you, given how the school has produced quality pitching… Continue reading
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Inside the Numbers: UE’s Prolific Offense vs. the Greenville Regional Field
UE, Host East Carolina Joined by Wake Forest, VCU Evansville made a long trek up a big mountain to finally get back to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in 18 years. But they didn’t arrive quietly. Evansville (35-23) has made noise all season, lacing 150 doubles which is second in the country behind… Continue reading
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The Monday 9: Postseason Baseball is Here!
As UE Welcomes the Tournament, School Also Welcomes Massive Step Forward in Facilities Let’s lead the Monday 9 off there with the kind of news you like to see from any team in the conference. The University of Evansville announced Monday that the school has received a $3 million gift from former Purple Aces Kyle… Continue reading
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SIU, Murray State Top Valley After 1st Weekend
Salukis and Racers Sweep Their Way to First Place Tie Southern Illinois and Murray State each won Sunday to finish off sweeps of their first Missouri Valley Conference weekend series of the season, over Valparaiso and Evansville, respectively, and sit tied at the top of the conference standings. Indiana State, UIC, and Bradley won their… Continue reading
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Friday Stat Pack – It’s Time for Conference Play
All 10 Valley Teams Begin First Series Friday, Weather Permitting There is nothing I like more here at MVCBaseball.com headquarters in central Pennsylvania then a good, crisp, Spring morning where the temperature is warm but not too warm, there’s a light breeze, and it’s almost like you can just see and smell baseball. The last… Continue reading
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Tuesday in The Valley: Tough Challenges Await
Five MVC Teams Face Power-5 Opponents Today A couple wins against some really good teams could make it a banner day for The Valley today, as tough competition abounds for MVC clubs. Here’s a quick look at today’s opponents. (All times Eastern) #3 Vanderbilt vs. Belmont, 7 (SECN+) It’s a prime-time matchup for the Bruins… Continue reading
About THE AUTHOR
Ed Morgans is a Valley grad (UE ’95) and a huge college baseball fan. With no official MVC site for baseball, I’m trying to cover it as best I can from central Pennsylvania. Doing my best to shine a light on a conference full of great baseball. Thanks for reading! – Ed
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