NORMAL, Ill. -- Indiana State baseball claimed its seventh Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Championship and the first since 1995 Saturday night at Duffy Bass Field. The Sycamores defeated Dallas Baptist, 10-6 in game one of the day to force a winner take all game in which Indiana State defeated the Patriots, 16-3, to claim the crown.
With the Saturday sweep, the Sycamores earned the MVC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament set to begin next weekend at 16 different regional sites throughout the country. It marks the first time since 2014 that the Sycamores will participate in NCAA Postseason play and the second time under head coach Mitch Hannahs.