Weekend Highlights
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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
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UE Stuns Sycamores, Captures MVC Baseball Championship
Purple Aces Swept Through Tourney, Outscoring Opponents, 54-21 Evansville’s long road to redemption took 364 days to traverse. It was that long ago that the 2023 Purple Aces baseball season ended in Terre Haute, a 6-0 loss to Indiana State in a winner-take-all game to complete the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship. It would only… Continue reading
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Sycamores Still Loom After Eliminating UIC
Indiana State Withstands Late Rally to Stay Alive For all the fun this Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship has been, for all the great moments, big hits, and explosive innings … there’s one thing that must be remembered. The champs are still here. #20 Indiana State scored a 5-3 victory over the UIC Flames on… 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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Streaking Racers Nab 2nd Seed in Valley Tournament; UIC Falls to 5th
Evansville, Murray State, Illinois State All Win on Final Day of Regular Season Because why not have some drama on the final day of the Missouri Valley Conference regular season? Well, at least in the standings. Sadly, Saturday’s scores were mostly one-sided affairs, but the combination of wins by Evansville (8-2 over UIC); Murray State… Continue reading
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One to Go: Friday Results Leave Many Seeding Possibilities Going into Season’s Final Day
UIC, UE, Murray State All Could be the 2-Seed Wins by Evansville, Murray State, and Illinois State on Friday set up what could be a chaotic final day of the regular season in the Missouri Valley Conference, as 3 teams have a shot at the 2nd overall seed in the Valley tournament, while UIC is… Continue reading
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UIC Rallies Past UE to Go 2nd Alone
Streaking Murray State Beats Bradley, Level with Purple Aces Down 4-2 in the top of the 9th inning, the UIC Flames rallied for 2 runs to tie its game at Evansville and send it into extra innings, where in the 10th, Jackson Bessette doubled in Zane Zielinski with the eventual winning run as the Flames… 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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Saturday Recap: AND STILL …. Sycamores Claim #1 Seed in Valley Tournament
Indiana State Rallies Past Evansville Again, 6-4 To beat Indiana State and give itself a chance to win this weekend’s matchup with the Sycamores, Evansville knew it would have to get to State starter Brennyn Cutts, who entered the day 2nd in the Missouri Valley Conference at 2.94. UE accomplished that goal. Cutts left in… Continue reading
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Friday Recap: Acknowledge the Sycamores
Indiana State Rallies Past UE; Goes 4 Games up on Aces, UIC Every time a team gets close, every time a team seems like it might be a threat to topple Indiana State, every time alerts are raised at Fortress Bob Warn, the Sycamores respond. Indiana State is to the MVC what Roman Reigns was… 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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