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Reflecting on a Historic MVC Season
Murray State’s Run to Omaha Capped Awesome Year of #ValleyBall Another season of Life in the Valley has come to a close. The curtain fell on the 2025 campaign on Monday, when Murray State lost to Arkansas, 3-0, and the Racers were eliminated from the College World Series in their first appearance. In the 3 Continue reading
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College World Series: UCLA Up Next for Racers
Balanced Bruins Won Big 10 Regular Season Crown; 5-0 in NCAA Tournament The nicest field. The brightest lights. The biggest stage. While Murray State takes it all in during their first trip to Omaha for the College World Series, it’s important not to lose sight of the business at hand. Saturday, the Racers hit the Continue reading
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Murray State Makes Omaha Dream a Reality
Racers Edge Duke, 5-4; Advance to College World Series Before Peyton Manning used it for his pre-snap calls with the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos, the word Omaha really only ever meant one thing. The pinnacle of college baseball. And the dream of all 300-some teams that start each season in February, hoping their baseball Continue reading
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Racers Storm Back, Demolish Duke in Game 2
Murray State Plays Monday for the Right to Go to Omaha A day after an uncharacteristic Game 1 where Murray State failed to get even 1 extra-base hit, the Racers went into full demolition mode Sunday, devastating the Duke Blue Devils, 19-9, in Game 2 of the Durham Super Regional. The teams will play Monday Continue reading
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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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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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MVC Tourney – Game 3: UIC Tops SIU in Bonkers Slugfest
Flames Rally from 12-4 Down; Salukis Hit 10 Home Runs in Defeat When the first 5 innings of the line score look like a pair of ZIP Codes (31031 and 13820, respectively, you know you might be in for a crazy game. When a team hits 10 home runs, you know you might be 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: It’s the Final Countdown
Just About Everything Up for Grabs as MVC Season Enters Closing Weekend You could have looked at the Missouri Valley Conference composite baseball schedule way back in early February and found “Missouri State at Murray State, May 16-18,” and thought, well wouldn’t that be neat if it was a battle for the MVC regular-season title? 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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