Weekend Highlights
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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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Flames Upend Murray; SIU Powers Past Sycamores
Bears Stay Top; Redbirds & Bruins Clinch Series Lucas Smith went 3-for-5 with 2 runs and 3 RBIs to lead the UIC Flames to a 10-4 win at Murray State Saturday, evening their Missouri Valley Conference weekend series at a game apiece. The teams will play the series final today at 1 p.m. (ESPN+). After… Continue reading
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Bears Stay Top; Sycamores Hold Off Salukis
Illinois State, Belmont, Murray State Also Earn Wins Friday Indiana State powered its way to a 6-0 lead after 2 innings and 8-1 after 4, then held on for a 9-7 victory over visiting Southern Illinois Friday night in a matchup of contending Missouri Valley Conference teams. Both teams are now 6-4 in the conference.… 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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Assessing the MVC After 2 Weeks of Valley Ball
Offense Reigns as the Battle for the Lead Takes Shape Valley Ball. A brand of baseball played in the Missouri Valley Conference where scores are kept using pinball machines, teams are never out of games, and the league is raising eyebrows with some recent non-conference wins over Power-4 teams such as Arkansas, Oklahoma State, and… Continue reading
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Racers Open Key Series with Run-Rule Win
SIU Scores 25 Runs; Sycamores’ Garis Hits 3 HRs in Friday Action Two of the Missouri Valley Conference’s best offenses got together Friday for Game 1 of a much-anticipated series in Normal. Down 3-0 in the 4th inning, it was Murray State’s hammer that struck, scoring 10 runs in the frame to take a 10-3… Continue reading
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Beware of Bears: Missouri State Takes Pole After 1st Weekend
MSU Alone Atop Valley After Sweeping Bradley Missouri State swept its way into the top spot in the Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings after the opening weekend of conference play. Not surprisingly, the Bears did so with a powerful offense, scoring 40 runs in 3 games to take a trio of victories over visiting Bradley.… Continue reading
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Conference Play Hits Different
UE, Valpo, UIC All Notch Huge Wins on Valley Opening Day Yesterday was a gift. Those reading on X know yesterday was my first day home after several days in the hospital – nothing life threatening thankfully, but one of those things where God slaps you in the face and tells you that you need… Continue reading
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Weekend Recap: Salukis, Racers Stay Hot
Evansville Earns Series Split with Sunday Win at Mizzou A busy weekend of Valley baseball is complete. Let’s take a look at how Saturday and Sunday went for each of the 10 MVC baseball schools. We’ll go in alphabetical order. Belmont: The Bruins gave visiting ACC foe Notre Dame all it could handle over the… 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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