The 2025 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 20 through 24 at Duffy Bass Field in Normal, Illinois. The top eight regular season finishers of the conference's 10 teams met in the tournament, with the top 4 teams advancing directly to the double-elimination rounds. Murray State earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format The league's top eight teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The four lowest seeds participated in a play-in round with the winners advancing to a six-team double-elimination bracket.
Results Play-in Round
Double-Elim Tournament
Schedule GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference Tuesday, May 20 1 7:30 pm No. 8 Indiana State vs No. 5 Illinois State 4−14 (F/8) Wednesday, May 21 2 9:00 am No. 7 Bradley vs No. 6 Belmont 7−11 3 12:30 pm No. 4 UIC vs No. 3 Southern Illinois 19−17 4 4:00 pm No. 6 Belmont vs No. 1 Murray State 14−15 (F/11) Thursday, May 22 5 11:00 am No. 5 Illinois State vs No. 2 Missouri State 2−7 6 3:00 pm No. 6 Belmont vs No. 5 Illinois State 7−3 Illinois State Eliminated 7 7:00 pm No. 3 Southern Illinois vs No. 1 Murray State 5−10 Southern Illinois Eliminated Friday, May 23 8 11:00 am No. 4 UIC vs No. 2 Missouri State 11−5 9 3:00 pm No. 6 Belmont vs No. 2 Missouri State 10−20 Belmont Eliminated 10 7:00 pm No. 4 UIC vs No. 1 Murray State 2−5 Saturday, May 24 11 11:00 am No. 4 UIC vs No. 2 Missouri State 1−4 UIC Eliminated 12 3:00 pm No. 2 Missouri State vs No. 1 Murray State 5−10 Murray State wins Missouri Valley championship
All–Tournament Team
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Player Team Noah Smith Illinois State Mike Sprockett Belmont Landon Godsey Lucas Smith UIC Luke Nowak Caden Bogenpohl Missouri State Jason Schaaf Curry Sutherland Dan Tauken Murray State Jonathan Hogart Jacob Hustedde Dustin Mercer MVP in bold
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