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SIUE baseball has earned the No. 2 seed in the 2025 Ohio Valley Conference Baseball Championship presented by SERVPRO. The event will be held May 21-24 at Mtn Dew Park in Marion, Illinois. This year marks the 46th OVC Baseball Tournament (the first elimination style event was held in 1979).

The venue opened in 2007 and was previously known as Rent One Park. It is now home to the Prospect League Team the Thrillville Thrillbillies, who began play in 2023. This year marks the fourth time the event has been held at the venue (2019, 2023, 2024, 2025); it was recently announced the event will be held at Mtn Dew Park through 2029.

The event has been held at five neutral site locations after moving from the campus of the regular season champions in 2001. The event has been held in Paducah, Kentucky (2001-09), Jackson, Tennessee (2010-16, 2021), Oxford, Alabama (2017-18), Marion, Illinois (2019, 2023-present) and Lexington, Kentucky (2022).

Tickets will be $30 for an all-session pass, $10 per adult per day and $5 per day for children (18 and under) and college students with valid ID. Tickets can be purchased online or in-person at Mtn Dew Park. All seats are general admission for the OVC Championship.

This year's bracket once again includes four single elimination games on Wednesday, with the winners advancing to the double elimination portion of the bracket which will include the No. 1 and 2 seeds (who receive byes until Thursday's games).

Fans can watch the entire 2025 OVC Baseball Tournament live on ESPN+. Fans can subscribe to ESPN+ for $11.99 a month (or $119.99 per year) or as part of the Disney Bundle.  ESPN+, the multi-sport, direct-to-consumer video service from The Walt Disney Company's Direct-to-Consumer & International segment, is an integrated part of the ESPN App and (on mobile and connected devices) and ESPN.com.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Wednesday, May 21
Game 1: #5 Southern Indiana vs. #8 Little Rock, 9 a.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 2: #6 Lindenwood vs. #7 UT Martin, 12:30 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 3: #4 Southeast Missouri vs. Winner of Game 1, 4 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 4: #3 Tennessee Tech vs. Winner of Game 2, 7:30 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Thursday, May 22
Game 5: #1 Eastern Illinois vs. Winner of Game 3, 11 a.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 6: #2 SIUE vs. Winner Game 4, 3 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 7: Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 7 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Friday, May 23
Game 8: Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 2 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 9: Winner Game 7 vs. Loser Game 8, 6 p.m. CT (ESPN+)

Saturday, May 24
Game 10: Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, 12 p.m. CT (ESPN+)
Game 11: Repeated Pairing (if necessary), 60 minutes after Game 10 (ESPN+)

NOTE: The first four games are single elimination.  All Times CENTRAL.