Judah Morris
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MVC Championship: And Then There Were 6
Illinois State, Belmont Advance with 1st-Round Wins Hosts Illinois State, the 5th-seed, and 6th-seeded Belmont both advanced out of the single-elimination round of the Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship. The Redbirds downed Indiana State in 8 innings Tuesday night, 14-4, scoring 6 runs in the bottom of the 8th to end the game. That game Continue reading
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MVC Tournament’s Knockout Round Set for Tuesday
Illinois State takes on Indiana; while Belmont Battles Bradley If familiarity breeds contempt, and you combine that with 2 teams playing a single knockout game to keep their seasons alive, then you have a recipe for must-see TV (well, streaming) at 1:30 p.m. Central today when 5th-seed Illinois State takes on 8th-seed Indiana State in Continue reading
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A Look at Valley Stars, Teams Among NCAA Leaders
Regular season complete; MVC Tournament begins Tuesday With another Missouri Valley Conference baseball regular season in the books, it’s time to see where the MVC’s players and teams ranked nationally in a myriad of NCAA categories. Unsurprisingly, there’s more offensive representation than pitching, given some of the run totals and wild games we saw in 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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Redbirds Overwhelm Huskies
Illinois State Scores 2 Touchdowns to Down Northern Illinois Judah Morris doubled, homered, scored twice, and drove in 2 runs in Illinois State’s 14-6 win over visiting Northern Illinois Wednesday in Normal. The game was the lone affair involving a Missouri Valley Conference team Wednesday. Brayden Bakes went 4-for-5 with a double, 2 runs, and 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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Early TD Guides Flames Past Northern Illinois
UIC, SIU, Illinois State All Win as Valley Sweeps Wednesday Card It’s always good to get a touchdown on your first possession. And while that saying may mostly apply to football, UIC made it applicable to baseball Wednesday, scoring 7 1st-inning runs en route to a 13-5 win at Northern Illinois. UIC scored 3 runs Continue reading
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Conference Play Hits Different
UE, Valpo, UIC All Notch Huge Wins on Valley Opening Day Yesterday was a gift. Those reading on X know yesterday was my first day home after several days in the hospital – nothing life threatening thankfully, but one of those things where God slaps you in the face and tells you that you need Continue reading
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SIU Readies for Top-Notch Mid-Week Tilt
Salukis Visit Western Kentucky Today So after a weekend at Life in The Valley HQ dominated by the ups and downs (mostly downs) of a 2-year-old with a stomach bug, we’re back in the swing of things looking forward to today’s non-conference slate. Hard to believe we only have one more non-conference weekend left before 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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