NCAA Regionals
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Racers Make History; Win Oxford Regional
Trip to Durham to Face Duke in Super Regional Next for Murray State For the third season in a row, a Missouri Valley Conference baseball team has advanced to Super Regionals – the sport’s version of the Sweet 16. Murray State won the NCAA Oxford Regional Monday night, outlasting host Mississippi, 12-11. Ole Miss, SEC Continue reading
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Murray State Survives Slugfest; Downs Jackets
Racers Score Late to Upend #18 Georgia Tech, 13-11 Murray State head coach Dan Skirka talked on ESPN+ during Friday’s win over Ole Miss about how his team needed to act like a predator and not prey. Saturday, the Racers hunted down their second straight big-time opponent, defeating Georgia Tech, 13-11, at the NCAA Oxford Continue reading
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Murray State Stuns Ole Miss at Oxford Regional
Mercer’s 4 Doubles Highlight 9-6 Racers Victory; Georgia Tech Next We tried to tell you. We tried to tell you that Murray State’s lineup ran deep. We tried to tell you that they had starting pitchers who could work long into a game and relievers who could shut the door. We tried to tell you Continue reading
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Oxford Regional: Hilltoppers Bring Top Pitching Staff
Wideman Leads a Top Hitting Offense as WKU is a Dangerous 3-Seed For a while, Western Kentucky (46-12, 18-9 Conference USA) looked almost unbeatable this season. In fact, their only loss in their first 21 games was a 2-1 defeat to potential Regional opponent and MVC Tournament champs Murray State. Then, as the calendar moved Continue reading
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Oxford Regional: Jilted Georgia Tech a Dangerous Team
ACC Regular-Season Champs Denied Regional Host Spot The looks on their faces set it all. Since the 16 NCAA Regional hosts were announced the night before, Georgia Tech already knew it was hitting the road this weekend. When the Yellow Jackets’ name was called during Monday’s Selection Show as the 2-seed at the Oxford Regional, Continue reading
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Oxford Regional: Ole Miss Can Mash & Pitch
Rebels Host After Posting Winning Mark in SEC; Advancing to SEC Final Ranked 15 by D1Baseball, the Mississippi Rebels (40-19, 16-14 SEC) earned the #10 national seed for this tournament. Astoundingly, that’s the SEVENTH-highest seed among SEC schools, which make up the top 4 seeds, then add LSU at 6 and Georgia at 7. Ole Continue reading
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The Road to Regionals: Murray State
MVC Champs Bring Deep Lineup and Bullpen to Oxford Friday After what Missouri Valley Conference baseball teams have done in the NCAA Tournament the past 2 years, it isn’t enough to just note that Murray State is this year’s MVC representative in Regionals. Yes, the Racers are headed to Oxford, Miss., to take on host Continue reading
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Super Aces! UE Captures Greenville Regional
Purple Aces Headed to First SuperRegional After 6-5 Win at ECU To paraphrase a line from the late, great Jimmy Buffett, East Carolina’s Pirates have nothing left to plunder, their cannons didn’t thunder. Max Hansmann and Shane Harris held ECU scoreless for the final 4 innings, and Mark Shallenberger hit a 3-run homer in the Continue reading
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ECU Starts Fast, Pulls Away Late to Defeat Evansville
Purple Aces Still Alive, Play Pirates Monday for Regional Championship By winning its first 2 games at the Greenville Regional, the 4th-seeded Evansville Purple Aces earned the right to have a bad game and not be knocked out. In losing to Evansville to open its regional as host, East Carolina knew it would have to Continue reading
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Sycamores Season Ends with Loss at Kentucky
Indiana State Beat Illinois in Elimination Game Earlier in the Day Indiana State’s 44-win baseball season came to an end on Sunday night with a 5-0 loss to the Kentucky Wildcats in the first regional final game at the Lexington Regional. The Sycamores (44-15) had earned their trip to the regional final with a 13-2 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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