NCAA Baseball
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Racers, Salukis Capture Wins in Thursday Action
Offenses Stay Hot for Both Teams Southern Illinois scored in double digits for the 6th time this season and needed almost all those runs, as the Salukis held off Houston Christian, 13-11, in the Thursday opener to their 3-game weekend series. SIU (8-5) and the Huskies (7-7) engaged in a slugfest early, with SIU taking… Continue reading
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Owls Hand Bruins Heavy Defeat
Two Valley Teams in Action Tonight Kennesaw State improved to 7-6 while dropping Belmont to the same record in comprehensive fashion Wednesday, as the visiting Owls routed the Bruins, 15-2, in Nashville. Kennesaw State held modest leads of 3-1 and 7-2 before exploding for 8 runs in the 6th inning and taking a 13-run lead.… Continue reading
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Big Early Innings Key Wins for Murray, UIC, and SIU
Valpo Rallies in 9th Only to Lose Tough One at Jacksonville Murray State and UIC got their offenses in gear Tuesday, scoring home victories over Arkansas State and Milwuakee, respectively, as The Valley went 3-1 in non-conference play on Tuesday. Murray State 12, Arkansas State 7 The Racers (7-5) upended a good Red Wolves club… Continue reading
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Valley Stays Above .500 for Season After Positive Weekend
Redbirds Sweeps Leads Way to MVC’s 17-15 Weekend While this appears to be another season where there weren’t be much talk about the Missouri Valley Conference being a multi-bid league when Selection Monday arrives for NCAA Regionals, the Valley is more than holding its own 3 weeks into the 2024 college baseball season. Valley teams… Continue reading
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Valley Duo Falls to SEC Foes
Vandy, Ole Miss Take Out UE, MSU For a while, both Evansville and Missouri State hung around well against their host SEC opponents – with the Purple Aces battling at #9 Vanderbilt, while the Bears were in Oxford to take on 2022 College World Series champions Ole Miss. But in the end, Vandy and Mississippi… Continue reading
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Belmont, Murray State Continue Strong Starts
Indiana State’s Unbeaten Run Ends at #9 Vanderbilt; Commodores Host Evansville Today Entering the Missouri Valley Conference last season, the Murray State Racers and the Belmont Bruins both knew they had pretty big shoes to fill. Taking spots of departed teams such as Dallas Baptist, Wichita State, and long-lost Creighton, the Racers and Bruins were… Continue reading
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Weekend Update: Indiana State Stays Perfect; Belmont Upsets #21 South Carolina
Games Against Nation’s Top Teams Await MVC Schools This Week In terms of the Missouri Valley Conference baseball season as a whole, there’s no debate that the season-long story so far is the play of the Indiana State Sycamores. One year after doing The Valley Double and winning the Terre Haute Regional, the Sycamores haven’t… Continue reading
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Friday Recap: Sycamores Stay Perfect, But Most of Valley Suffers Setbacks
Indiana State Walks Off Michigan State to Improve to 5-0 Indiana State’s dream start to the 2024 college baseball season continued with a little luck on top, as Josue Urdaneta scored on a passed ball in the 10th inning to lift the Sycamores past Big-10 foe Michigan State, 7-6. While it might have been a… Continue reading
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Weekend Preview, Part 1: More Chances for the Valley to Prove Itself
Sycamores, Bruins, Beacons Have Power-5 Matchups It’s already the second weekend of the 2024 college baseball season (no season is as anticipated yet zips past so quickly as college baseball), and for the Missouri Valley Conference, it’s another chance to prove itself against quality competition. Valley teams are 27-12 so far in 2024, and the… Continue reading
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Sycamores Stay Perfect, Down FGCU
Murray State, UIC Fall in Wednesday Action Indiana State DH Luis Fernandez had a 2-run double and a sac fly to drive in another run as the Sycamores improved to 4-0 on the season with a 5-2 win over Florida Gulf Coast in North Port, Fla. FGCU, who were swept by Indiana State nemesis TCU… 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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