Midweek Madness
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Tuesday Recaps: Schark Powers SIU Past Edwardsville
Saluki Slugger Posts Another 7-RBI Game, Homers Twice in 17-11 Win In a game where neither team posted a scoreless half-inning until SIU-Edwardsville was blanked in the top of the 6th, Southern Illinois captured its final non-conference game of the season, 17-11, Tuesday. Matt Schark homered twice, going 3-for-4 with 3 runs and 7 RBIs. Continue reading
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The Monday 9: It’s the Final Countdown
Just About Everything Up for Grabs as MVC Season Enters Closing Weekend You could have looked at the Missouri Valley Conference composite baseball schedule way back in early February and found “Missouri State at Murray State, May 16-18,” and thought, well wouldn’t that be neat if it was a battle for the MVC regular-season title? Continue reading
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Tuesday Night a Tough One in the Valley
MVC Teams Drop All 5 Games in Midweek Action Well I guess there are gonna be some days like this, huh? It wasn’t a cheery night for baseball in the Missouri Valley Conference, as the league dropped all 5 of its non-conference games Tuesday, including high-profile matchups at #15 Tennessee, home to UCF, and at Continue reading
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Let’s Go Streaking!
Hitting and Scoreless Inning Streaks Become Story of 2025 Valley Baseball Season One of the beauties about baseball is its consistency. The sport is there, every day, to be enjoyed, even if it means watching 2 teams you’ve never heard of or aren’t familiar with. It also means appreciating those that are able to do Continue reading
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The Monday 9: The Amazing Race, Times 3
Battles Up and Down the Valley Standings with 2 Weeks to Go This week in the Monday 9, I’ll take a look at the Missouri Valley Conference standings, including races for the top seed, the 4th seed, and the 8th seed, that are far from decided with 2 conference weekends left in the regular season. Continue reading
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The Monday 9: Belmont’s Set of Aces Dominate Valparaiso
Bruins Sweep Series Without Allowing a Run There’s simply no other way to start the Monday 9 in this Kentucky Derby week other than to talk about Belmont’s weekend on the mound. And … we’re off! 1 – Zippy Chippy: In this modern era of college baseball, where there seem to be more home run Continue reading
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Redbirds Overwhelm Huskies
Illinois State Scores 2 Touchdowns to Down Northern Illinois Judah Morris doubled, homered, scored twice, and drove in 2 runs in Illinois State’s 14-6 win over visiting Northern Illinois Wednesday in Normal. The game was the lone affair involving a Missouri Valley Conference team Wednesday. Brayden Bakes went 4-for-5 with a double, 2 runs, and Continue reading
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Missouri State Routs Mizzou
Bears Roll Past SEC Foe in Front of Large Crowd Four multi-run innings helped power Missouri State past Missouri, 11-0, Tuesday night in Springfield. Caden Bogenpohl had 3 hits, including a double and a homer, to lead the Bears’ 13-hit attack, while Jake McCutcheon, Taeg Gollert, and Max Knight all had 2 hits each. Gollert Continue reading
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The Monday 9! Turning the Corner
Valley Season More than Half Over as Bears Maintain Slim Edge College baseball’s season goes by faster and faster the older we get. Here we stand, feeling like we just started back in mid-February, and now the weather has warmed up in most places, Spring has long since sprung, and we’ve turned past the halfway Continue reading
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Sycamores Down Hoosiers to Score Power-4 Win
Mizzou Outlasts Missouri State; Beacons Fall at Notre Dame Three tests against Power-4 competition Tuesday brought the Valley a win and 2 losses, as Indiana State was the lone school to notch a victory, as the Sycamores defeated the Big Ten’s Indiana, 7-5, in Bloomington. Elsewhere, Missouri (SEC) built a 7-0 lead early, only for Continue reading
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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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