Indiana State Sycamores
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UIC’s Bak No-Hits Beacons
Valpo Suffers 2nd No-Hitter in as Many Weekends UIC junior Brandon Bak pitched a 7-inning no-hitter, blanking the Valparaiso Beacons in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, 10-0. Bak walked 2 and struck out 3, facing 2 batters above the minimum on 82 pitches, a fantastic 3.90 pitches per out (or a 105-pitch pace for Continue reading
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The Monday 9: Belmont’s Set of Aces Dominate Valparaiso
Bruins Sweep Series Without Allowing a Run There’s simply no other way to start the Monday 9 in this Kentucky Derby week other than to talk about Belmont’s weekend on the mound. And … we’re off! 1 – Zippy Chippy: In this modern era of college baseball, where there seem to be more home run Continue reading
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Zane Brown No-Hits Valparaiso
Sophomore Righty Fans 9 in Dominant Performance On Friday, Belmont starter Joe Ruzicka pitched an 8-inning complete-game shutout, allowing just 1 hit as the Bruins run-ruled visiting Valparaiso, 1-0. On Saturday, Zane Brown told Ruzicka, “Hold my sports drink.” Brown, a sophomore from Cottontown, Tenn., who came to Belmont by way of Cleveland State Community Continue reading
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Missouri State Routs Mizzou
Bears Roll Past SEC Foe in Front of Large Crowd Four multi-run innings helped power Missouri State past Missouri, 11-0, Tuesday night in Springfield. Caden Bogenpohl had 3 hits, including a double and a homer, to lead the Bears’ 13-hit attack, while Jake McCutcheon, Taeg Gollert, and Max Knight all had 2 hits each. Gollert Continue reading
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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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Sycamores Down Hoosiers to Score Power-4 Win
Mizzou Outlasts Missouri State; Beacons Fall at Notre Dame Three tests against Power-4 competition Tuesday brought the Valley a win and 2 losses, as Indiana State was the lone school to notch a victory, as the Sycamores defeated the Big Ten’s Indiana, 7-5, in Bloomington. Elsewhere, Missouri (SEC) built a 7-0 lead early, only for 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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Valley Scores a Pair of B1G Victories
Illinois State Drubs Illinois; Indiana State Defeats Purdue Missouri Valley Conference baseball teams and fans always relish a chance to match up against Power-4 opponents – but especially when those teams are nearby rivals from the Big Ten. There were 2 such matchups Tuesday and Valley teams won them both, as Illinois State run-ruled Illinois, Continue reading
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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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