2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22–26. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Missouri State's Hammons Field in Springfield, MO. Creighton won their third tournament championship and second in a row and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2012 Missouri Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Hammons Field Springfield, MO
Champions	Creighton (3rd title)
Winning coach	Ed Servais (3rd title)
MVP	Mike Gerber, Creighton
Television	ESPN3

2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Indiana State  ‍†‍‍^y	14	–	7	–	0		.667			41	–	17	–	0		.707
Missouri State  ‍‍‍^y	13	–	7	–	0		.650			39	–	20	–	0		.661
Wichita State  ‍‍‍	12	–	9	–	0		.571			35	–	25	–	0		.583
Illinois State  ‍‍‍	10	–	9	–	0		.526			33	–	19	–	0		.635
Evansville  ‍‍‍	10	–	11	–	0		.476			32	–	27	–	0		.542
Southern Illinois  ‍‍‍	9	–	12	–	0		.429			31	–	28	–	0		.525
Bradley  ‍‍‍	8	–	13	–	0		.381			27	–	27	–	1		.500
Creighton  ‍‍‡‍^y	6	–	14	–	0		.300			26	–	28	–	0		.481
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of May 31, 2012[1]; Rankings from Coaches' Poll

Seeding and format

The league's eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. They then played a two bracket, double-elimination format tournament, with the winner of each bracket then playing a single elimination final.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Indiana State	14	7	.667	–	1
Missouri State	13	7	.650	1	2
Wichita State	12	9	.571	2	3
Illinois State	10	9	.526	3	4
Evansville	10	11	.476	4	5
Southern Illinois	9	12	.429	5	6
Bradley	8	13	.381	6	7
Creighton	6	14	.300	7.5	8

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	5	Evansville	3
	4	Illinois State	10
						4	Illinois State	5
						8	Creighton	11
	8	Creighton	5
	1	Indiana State	0
											8	Creighton	10	-
										4	Illinois State	3	-
	1	Indiana State	5
	5	Evansville	8
						4	Illinois State	5*
						5	Evansville	4
																8	Creighton	8
																6	Southern Illinois	6
	6	Southern Illinois	6
	3	Wichita State	3
						6	Southern Illinois	9*
						7	Bradley	8
	7	Bradley	5
	2	Missouri State	3
											6	Southern Illinois	3*	-
										2	Missouri State	2	-
	3	Wichita State	0
	2	Missouri State	7
						7	Bradley	8
						2	Missouri State	11*

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

POS	Name	School
1B	Chris Serritella	Southern Illinois
2B	Jake Peter	Creighton
SS	Eric Cheray	Missouri State
3B	Chance Ross	Creighton
C	Brian Bajer	Southern Illinois
UT	Nick Judkins	Creighton
DH	Keenen Maddox	Missouri State
OF	Mike Gerber	Creighton
OF	Chad Hinshaw	Illinois State
OF	Brennan Murphy	Creighton
P	Todd Eaton	Southern Illinois
P	Cody Schumacher	Missouri State

Most Outstanding Player

Mike Gerber was named Most Outstanding Player. Gerber was an outfielder for Creighton.[4]

References

1. "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders". mvc.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012.
2. "2012 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship". mvc-sports.com. Archived from the original on 2012-05-26. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
3. "Baseball Championship: Creighton 8, Southern Illinois 6". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2012. Archived from the original on June 2, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013.
4. "2012 Baseball All-Tournament Team". Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013.