2014 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament

The 2014 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 25. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at The Ballpark at Jackson in Jackson, Tennessee. Jacksonville State won the tournament for the fourth time, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament[2]

2014 Ohio Valley Conference
baseball tournament
2014 OVC Baseball tournament logo
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsJacksonville State (4th title)
Winning coachJim Case (3rd title)
MVPPitching staff (Jacksonville State)
2014 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
SE Missouri State  ‍†‍‍ 23–7–0 .76737–20–0 .649
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍ 18–12–0 .60040–17–0 .702
Jacksonville State  ‍‍‍ 18–12–0 .60034–25–0 .576
Morehead State  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53329–28–0 .509
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍ 16–14–0 .53321–33–0 .389
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 15–14–1 .51722–33–1 .402
Murray State  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .46723–29–0 .442
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .46723–33–0 .411
Belmont  ‍‍‍ 13–16–1 .45024–30–1 .445
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍ 12–18–0 .40024–31–0 .436
Tennessee–Martin  ‍‍‍ 5–25–0 .1679–42–0 .176
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 23, 2014[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top six teams are taken and seeded by conference winning percentage. Teams then play a double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds receiving a single bye.

TeamWLTPctGBSeed
Southeast Missouri State2370.767
-
1
Tennessee Tech18120.600
5
2
Jacksonville State18120.600
5
3
x-SIU Edwardsville16140.533
7
4
x-Morehead State16140.533
7
5
Eastern Illinois15141.517
7.5
6
Murray State14160.467
8
-
Austin Peay14160.467
8
-
Belmont13161.450
8.5
-
Eastern Kentucky12180.400
10
–
Tennessee-Martin5250.167
17
–

Tiebreakers:
x- SIU Edwardsville wins 4 seed from 2–1 record vs. Morehead State.

Results
Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1SE Missouri State8
4SIU Edwardsville66Eastern Illinois6
5Morehead State111SE Missouri State2
2Tennessee Tech9
2Tennessee Tech14
3Jacksonville State15Morehead State2
6Eastern Illinois2
2Tennessee Tech72
3Jacksonville State104
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3Jacksonville State6
3Jacksonville State71SE Missouri State2
3Jacksonville State135Morehead State1
4SIU Edwardsville56Eastern Illinois2
3Jacksonville State7

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Jacksonville State's entire pitching staff was given the MVP award.[3]

NameTeam
Matt BorensEastern Illinois
Cole BieserSoutheast Missouri State
Dylan BosheersTennessee Tech
Daniel MilesTennessee Tech
David HessTennessee Tech
Tyler GambleJacksonville State
Griff GordonJacksonville State
Paschal PetrongoloJacksonville State
Ryan SebraJacksonville State
Michael BishopJacksonville State
Casey AntleyJacksonville State
Zachary FowlerJacksonville State
Travis StoutJacksonville State

References
  1. "2014 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Standings and Leaders". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
  2. "2014 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved April 18, 2014.
  3. "Jacksonville State Wins Fourth OVC Baseball Championship Crown". OCVSports.com. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
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