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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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Thursday Stat Pack: Teams, Players Have Lots to Play for on Final Weekend
Tight Races for Seeding, Individual Awards Some may look at the Missouri Valley Conference baseball season as a done deal, with 20th-ranked Indiana State having clinched the outright regular-season title and the top seed in next week’s Valley tournament. But simmering beneath the surface are team and individual races to watch over these last 3… Continue reading
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SIU Clobbers Bellarmine in Final Mid-Week Tune Up
Salukis Score 9 in Middle Innings to Earn 30th Win Up 3-1 entering the bottom of the 4th inning Tuesday night in Carbondale, the Southern Illinois Salukis scored 4 times to take the lead, then added 5 more in the 5th to take a 12-1 lead and overwhelm visiting Bellarmine, 14-8. Three Salukis (30-23, 11-13)… 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
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Friday Stat Pack: Races Come Down to Final 2 Weekends
Most Individual Awards Still Up for Grabs On to the next to last weekend of the Missouri Valley Conference baseball regular season and while today’s news cycle has mostly been about Missouri State, there’s plenty to study and appreciate among this week’s stat leaders. The batting race is still far too close to call, with… Continue reading
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Two Valley Winners on High-Scoring Tuesday
UE, SIU Prevail vs. Rivals Southern Illinois scored 4 runs in the 1st inning to take a lead on counterpart SIU-Edwardsville, but it was Nathan Bandy’s sac fly in the bottom of the 9th that proved the final run is most important, as the Salukis walked-off the Cougars, 8-7, Tuesday. Bandy, who had homered earlier… 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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