NCAA Tournament
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Racers Make History; Win Oxford Regional
Trip to Durham to Face Duke in Super Regional Next for Murray State For the third season in a row, a Missouri Valley Conference baseball team has advanced to Super Regionals – the sport’s version of the Sweet 16. Murray State won the NCAA Oxford Regional Monday night, outlasting host Mississippi, 12-11. Ole Miss, SEC Continue reading
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Murray State Survives Slugfest; Downs Jackets
Racers Score Late to Upend #18 Georgia Tech, 13-11 Murray State head coach Dan Skirka talked on ESPN+ during Friday’s win over Ole Miss about how his team needed to act like a predator and not prey. Saturday, the Racers hunted down their second straight big-time opponent, defeating Georgia Tech, 13-11, at the NCAA Oxford Continue reading
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Murray State Stuns Ole Miss at Oxford Regional
Mercer’s 4 Doubles Highlight 9-6 Racers Victory; Georgia Tech Next We tried to tell you. We tried to tell you that Murray State’s lineup ran deep. We tried to tell you that they had starting pitchers who could work long into a game and relievers who could shut the door. We tried to tell you Continue reading
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Oxford Regional: Hilltoppers Bring Top Pitching Staff
Wideman Leads a Top Hitting Offense as WKU is a Dangerous 3-Seed For a while, Western Kentucky (46-12, 18-9 Conference USA) looked almost unbeatable this season. In fact, their only loss in their first 21 games was a 2-1 defeat to potential Regional opponent and MVC Tournament champs Murray State. Then, as the calendar moved Continue reading
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Oxford Regional: Jilted Georgia Tech a Dangerous Team
ACC Regular-Season Champs Denied Regional Host Spot The looks on their faces set it all. Since the 16 NCAA Regional hosts were announced the night before, Georgia Tech already knew it was hitting the road this weekend. When the Yellow Jackets’ name was called during Monday’s Selection Show as the 2-seed at the Oxford Regional, Continue reading
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Oxford Regional: Ole Miss Can Mash & Pitch
Rebels Host After Posting Winning Mark in SEC; Advancing to SEC Final Ranked 15 by D1Baseball, the Mississippi Rebels (40-19, 16-14 SEC) earned the #10 national seed for this tournament. Astoundingly, that’s the SEVENTH-highest seed among SEC schools, which make up the top 4 seeds, then add LSU at 6 and Georgia at 7. Ole Continue reading
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The Road to Regionals: Murray State
MVC Champs Bring Deep Lineup and Bullpen to Oxford Friday After what Missouri Valley Conference baseball teams have done in the NCAA Tournament the past 2 years, it isn’t enough to just note that Murray State is this year’s MVC representative in Regionals. Yes, the Racers are headed to Oxford, Miss., to take on host Continue reading
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Racers Rule the Roost, Capture MVC Title
Murray State Downs Missouri State, 10-5, to Win MVC Championship When rain cut their final regular-season series from 3 games to 1, won by Murray State over Missouri State, it was natural to wonder what would have happened had the other 2 games been played. Especially given it decided the 1 and 2 seeds for 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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The Monday 9: Let’s Think About the MVC Tournament for a Minute
Format in 2025 Creates Potential Headaches for Current Top Teams With 4 weeks of league play in the books, we’ve learned a lot about the 10 teams that currently comprise the Missouri Valley Conference. We’ve learned each team’s strengths and weaknesses, we’ve seen who the clutch players are, and we have a pretty good handle 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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