The Monday 9
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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: 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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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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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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The Tuesday 9: Valley Race Takes Shape
Bears Take 2 at SIU to Capture Lead After 3 Weekends As the Missouri Valley Conference baseball season really starts to take shape, with 3 of 9 conference weekends in the books, it’s time to look at where everyone stands and what’s going on around the conference. So it’s time to bring back The Monday 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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The Monday 9: We Know Who’s #1 … After That, It’s Complicated
Indiana State Again Top-Seed for Valley Tournament After taking 2 out of 3 over visiting Evansville this weekend, the Indiana State Sycamores have won the Missouri Valley Conference regular-season crown for the 2nd straight year and will be the top seed in the upcoming Valley Tournament. That means Indiana State’s tournament will start on Wednesday, Continue reading
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The Monday 9: Let’s Talk About the MVC and the Postseason
Indiana State the Head of the Class, but Who’s Next? First Up, Take Me to Our Leaders: Indiana State is fancy, sitting there at the head of the table with a 34-10 record, a 3-game lead in the Missouri Valley Conference, and a glittering, glowing RPI of 10. Without any major mess-ups on the run-in 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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