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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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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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Redbirds Stay Alive; Rout Salukis in Thursday Nightcap
Monke’s Strong Start Clutch for Illinois State If you were Southern Illinois heading into Thursday night’s game against Illinois State, your game plan to eliminate the Redbirds would probably have been to limit the damage done by red-hot Illinois State hitters Auggie Rasmussen, Daniel Pacella, and Noah Rabin. Job done, sort of. That trio combined Continue reading
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Rabin Homers Twice as Redbirds Eliminate Belmont
Perry Goes 7 2/3 Innings to Pick Up 7th Win It remains to be seen how long Illinois State sticks around in the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship. But the longer the Redbirds stay, the more Noah Rabin is going to have to be considered one of the top players of the tournament. Rabin homered Continue reading
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Purple Aces Pummel Redbirds in Run-Rule Rout
Teams Combine for 9 Homers in Morning Slugfest With its ace on the mound to begin play in the Missouri Valley Conference Championship, Evansville couldn’t have expected to be down, 6-2, after the top of the 3rd inning to the Illinois State Redbirds, with starting pitcher and Valley Freshman of the Year Kenton Deverman done Continue reading
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Tuesday Stat Pack: Final Regular-Season Leaders
Close Races Came Down to Final Weekend With the regular season complete and the first pitch of the MVC Championship now just about a half-hour away, here’s a final stat pack for the regular season. There will be another update of this feature after the Valley tournament concludes. But season awards and such have already 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
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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