Weekend Highlights
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Evansville, Valparaiso Notch First Wins
Valley Teams Win 4 Games Sunday Valparaiso got in the win column for the first time this season, taking the series finale at Memphis, 5-3, on Sunday afternoon. Case Sullivan went 3-for-5 with 2 RBIs and 2 doubles in the victory, the finale of a 6-game southern swing that saw the Beacons drop the first Continue reading
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Bradley Lone Winner on Saturday Valley Slate
Braves Take Down Siena; but MVC Loses 9 of 10 Saturday wasn’t a stellar day in the Missouri Valley Conference, as the league’s teams lost 9 of the 10 games played. Only the Bradley Braves, 9-2 victors over a winless Siena club, managed to find victory Saturday. Not that the competition was easy, mind you, Continue reading
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Valley Bats Fall Silent on Rough Friday
MVC Teams Manage Just 6 Runs During 0-5 Day vs. Tough Competition Friday is the day of the Ace in college baseball (well, not the Purple Ace, UE was off yesterday). Scores are traditionally lower and starters are expected to work a bit deeper into the game to save the bullpen for Saturday and Sunday. Continue reading
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Sycamores Enter Final Boss Mode, Demolish Wagner
Sycamores Post a 20-run Inning in 36-6 Rout College baseball’s first weekend is always entertaining. With the early tournament and showcases now and many high-level, cross-conference matchups, there’s plenty of great baseball to be had. But when you get to Sunday, and maybe a bit of fatigue sets in, and pitchers are trying to showcase Continue reading
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Salukis Lone Valley Winner on Season’s First Saturday
SIU downs Texas-Rio Grande Valley for 1st Win of ’25 While having college baseball back as our companion until late June is wonderful, results haven’t really been friendly to Missouri Valley Conference teams so far on this opening weekend. And it’s understandable. It’s not like MVC teams get to play at home this early in Continue reading
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Our Long National Nightmare Ends … College Baseball is Back!
Valley Teams Involved in 15 Games on First Friday of ’25 It’s been 230-some arduous days but we made it, ladies and gentlemen … our favorite sport and our favorite conference is back. It’s a baseball sunrise in The Valley! What was Valentine’s Day for most was New Year’s Day for all of us Valley Continue reading
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Evansville Rallies to Shock Vols, Force Game 3
Purple Aces Play Tennessee Sunday for a Trip to Omaha Evansville stared the end of its season in the face Saturday. As homer after homer left the yard in Tennessee’s half of the 1st inning, eventually building a 3-0 lead for the host and #1 national seed Volunteers, it might have been fair to wonder Continue reading
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Vols’ Offense Carries the Day in Game 1
UE Must Beat Tennessee 2 Straight to Advance to Omaha It turns out, the Tennessee Volunteers are as good as advertised. The #1 national seeded Vols defeated the Evansville Purple Aces, 11-6, Friday afternoon in Game 1 of the Knoxville Super Regional. The victory moves Tennessee to within one win of advancing to the College Continue reading
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Purple Aces Roar Into Regional Final
UE Knocks Off VCU, 17-11, to Go 2-0 in Greenville Evansville advanced to a regional final for the second time in school history Saturday evening, defeating the Virginia Commonwealth Rams, 17-11, to go to 2-0 in the Greenville Regional and win its 8th straight game overall. UE (37-23), which is 28-8 in its last 36 Continue reading
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Sycamores Stay Alive, Down Western Michigan
Diaz Homers Again as Indiana State Earns 6-4 Win; Return Date with Illinois Indiana State was never going down *that* easy. One day after the offense all but disappeared in a 4-1 loss to Illinois, the Sycamores won their elimination game in the Lexington Regional Saturday, defeating Western Michigan, 6-4. Indiana State (43-14) earned a 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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