2019 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–26. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois. The tournament champion, Jacksonville State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament[2][3] Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont (joined in 2012), SIU Edwardsville (joined in 2008),and Tennessee–Martin (joined in 1992) have never won championships. The tournament began in 1979.

2019 Ohio Valley Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Rent One Park Marion, Illinois
Champions	Jacksonville State (5th title)
Winning coach	Jim Case (5th title)
MVP	,
Television	ESPN+

2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Jacksonville State  ‍†‍‡‍^y	22	–	8		.733			39	–	23		.629
Morehead State  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			40	–	21		.656
Austin Peay  ‍‍‍	19	–	11		.633			32	–	25		.561
Belmont  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			27	–	30		.474
Eastern Kentucky  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			32	–	27		.542
Murray State  ‍‍‍	16	–	14		.533			24	–	30		.444
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			26	–	30		.464
UT Martin  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			25	–	31		.446
SIU Edwardsville  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			19	–	32		.373
Southeast Missouri State  ‍‍‍	10	–	20		.333			23	–	32		.418
Tennessee Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			22	–	32		.407
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 4, 2019[1]; Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

The top eight regular season finishers were seeded by conference winning percentage. After a play-in round between the bottom two seeds, the remaining seven teams played a double-elimination tournament, with the top seed receiving a single bye.

Results

Play in round

Team	R
#8 UT Martin	2
#7 Eastern Illinois	1

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Semifinals					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Jacksonville State	6^10
						4	Belmont	5
	4	Belmont	8
	5	Murray State	1
											1	Jacksonville State	8
											2	Austin Peay	4
	2	Austin Peay	12
	8	UT Martin	2
						2	Austin Peay	9
						6	Eastern Kentucky	7
	3	Morehead State	1
	6	Eastern Kentucky	4																		1	Jacksonville State	10	–
																					3	Morehead State	3	–
	Loser's Bracket
	8	UT Martin	4
	5	Murray State	9			3	Morehead State	2
						5	Murray State	1
											3	Morehead State	11
											6	Eastern Kentucky	3			3	Morehead State	9
						4	Belmont	8								2	Austin Peay	4
						6	Eastern Kentucky	15

Conference championship

Ohio Valley Championship
(3) Morehead State Eagles	vs.	(1) Jacksonville State Gamecocks

May 25, 2019, 3:00 p.m. (CDT) at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(3) Morehead State	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	10	4
(1) Jacksonville State	0	0	0	4	2	2	2	0	X	10	10	0
WP: Dylan Hathcock (3–0)   LP: David Looney (3–1)   Sv: None Attendance: 422

References

1. "Ohio Valley Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
2. "2019 OVC Baseball Championship". Ohio Valley Conferece. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
3. "2018-19 OVC Championships". Ohio Valley Conference. Retrieved December 9, 2018.