2010 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:Missouri Valley Conference
Shortconference:Missouri Valley
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Eck Stadium
City:Wichita, Kansas
Titlecount:2nd
Coach:Mark Kingston
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Kevin Tokarski
Mvpteam:Illinois State

The 2010 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament took place May 25–29. All eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wichita State's Eck Stadium - Tyler Field in Wichita, Kansas. Illinois State won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]

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.

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[2]

POSNameSchool
C Matt Mirabel Illinois State
1B Zack Amrein Illinois State
2B Kevin Tokarski Illinois State
SS Evansville
3B Cody Fick Evansville
UT Kevin Medrano Missouri State
UT Illinois State
DH Evan Kohli Illinois State
OF Bret Bascue Wichita State
OF Greg Wallace Evansville
OF Trever Adams Creighton
P Tim Kelley Wichita State
P Kenny Long Illinois State

Most Outstanding Player

Illinois State second baseman Kevin Tokarski was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Farm MVC Baseball. mvc-sports.com.
  2. Web site: 2020 MVC Baseball Guide. MVC Sports. 30. April 19, 2020.