Collegiate baseball tournament
The 2012 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 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]
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.
Results
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
^ "Missouri Valley Conference - Standings & Leaders" . mvc.org. Retrieved June 1, 2012 .
^ "2012 State Farm MVC Baseball Championship" . mvc-sports.com. Archived from the original on May 26, 2012. Retrieved May 27, 2012 .
^ "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 .
^ a b "2012 Baseball All-Tournament Team" . Missouri Valley Conference. May 26, 2013. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2013 .
Playoffs Tournament No playoff or tournament in the years marked in grey.