The 2026 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament will be held from May 20 through 23 at Johnny Reagan Field in Murray, Kentucky. The top six regular season finishers of the conference's 9 teams met in the tournament, with the top 2 teams advancing directly to the double-elimination rounds. The winner of the conference tournament will earn an automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's top six teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage.
Bracket
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference Wednesday, May 20 1 11:00 am No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 5 Evansville 8−4 2 3:00 pm No. 3 Murray State vs. No. 6 6−4 Thursday, May 21 3 11:00 am No. 6 Illinois State vs No. 5 Evansville 3−6 Illinois State Eliminated 4 1:45 pmNo. 1 UIC vs No. 4 Southern Illinois 11−1 F/7 5 5:30 pmNo. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 3 Murray State 2−3 6 9:15 pm No. 5 Evansville vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois 2−3 Evansville Eliminated Friday, May 22 7 11:00 am No. 1 UIC vs. No. 3 Murray State 6−5 8 3:00 pm No. 2 Indiana State vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois 5−7 Indiana State Eliminated 9 7:00 pm No. 3 Murray State vs. No. 4 Southern Illinois 7−9 Murray State Eliminated Saturday, May 23 10 3:00 pm No. 4 Southern Illinois vs. No. 1 UIC 2−7 UIC wins Missouri Valley championship
All–Tournament Team
Source:
Player Team Charlie Longmeier Evansville Kaiden Jorge Murray State Nic Schutte Andrew Evans Southern Illinois Meade Johnson Michael Mylott Tim Simay Jake Busson UIC Thomas Curry Will Flanigan Mason Lei Ashton Kampa MVP in bold
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