Softball Jared McFarlane, Assistant Director of Communications

GLVC Softball Championship Tournament Bracket Unveiled

 

INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) announced on Sunday the eight-team field for the 2024 GLVC Softball Championship Tournament, scheduled for May 2-5 in East Peoria, Ill. This season marks the 20th consecutive year the league postseason tournament will be held at the EastSide Centre.
 
Regular Season Champion Indianapolis earned the No. 1 overall seed, while Lewis University secured the second seed, Drury University was tabbed as the 3-seed, McKendree University claimed the 4-seed, University of Missouri-St. Louis was tabbed fifth, Truman State University enters the postseason as the 6-seed, Missouri S&T will be seeded No. 7, and Maryville University rounds out the field as the eighth seed.
 
The top-eight teams based on Conference winning percentage received a berth in the double-elimination tournament.
 
Game 1: #4 McKendree vs. #5 Missouri-St. Louis | Thursday, May 2, 10 AM CT
  • McKendree went 33-20 overall and 16-10 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • The Bearcats are making their sixth appearance in the GLVC postseason.
  • UMSL went 27-25 overall and 14-12 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • The Tritons are making their 22nd appearance in the GLVC postseason and third in a row, having claimed five Conference titles.
  • McKendree swept UMSL March 24 at home, 3-1 and 3-2.

 Game 2: #1 Indianapolis vs. #8 Maryville | Thursday, May 2, 12:30 PM CT
  • Indianapolis went 50-3 overall and 25-1 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • The NFCA second-ranked Greyhounds earned the GLVC Regular Season title and now have won either the Regular Season or Divisional crown a GLVC-best six times.
  • UIndy is making its 34th appearance in the GLVC postseason and sixth in a row with three Conference titles to its name, winning in 2012, 2016, and 2021.
  • Maryville went 23-28 overall and 13-13 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • The Saints are making their fifth appearance in the GLVC postseason.
  • UIndy swept Maryville on April 14 at home, 2-1 and 8-5.
  • Maryville lost a three-way tiebreaker against Truman and S&T, starting with being swept by Truman; after splitting its DH with S&T, both were swept by top-seeded UIndy, but S&T split with second-seeded Lewis and Maryville was wept by the Flyers.

 Game 3: #2 Lewis vs. #7 Missouri S&T | Thursday, May 2, 3:00 PM CT
  • Lewis went 36-13 overall and 21-5 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • The Flyers are making their league-best 35th appearance in the GLVC postseason and owns the most Conference titles with 11, including winning last year’s crown.
  • S&T went 23-31 overall and 13-13 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • The Miners are making their seventh appearance in the GLVC postseason and first since 2018.
  • Lewis and S&T split in Romeoville on April 14, as the Flyers won 5-4 in the first game and the Miners returned the favor with a 1-0 result in the second game.
  • S&T lost a tiebreaker to Truman after being swept in the head-to-head DH; split the head-to-head DH with Maryville; both S&T and Maryville were swept by top-seeded UIndy, but S&T split with second-seeded Lewis while Maryville was swept.
 
Game 4: #3 Drury vs. #6 Truman State | Thursday, May 2, 5:30 PM CT
  • Drury went 29-22 overall and 17-9 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • Drury is making its seventh appearance in the GLVC postseason and fifth consecutive.
  • Truman went 23-27 overall and 13-13 in GLVC action during the regular season.
  • The Bulldogs are making their seventh appearance in the GLVC postseason and first since 2019.
  • Drury swept Truman in Springfield on March 30, 3-1 and 1-0.
  • Truman won a three-way tiebreaker over S&T and Maryville after going 4-0 against the two teams.
 
Each day of the four-day event, ticket prices will be $15 for adults, $5 for youth (ages 6-12th grade) and students (with ID), and children 5 and under are free. Tickets should be purchased prior to arrival at GLVCsports.com/tickets.
 
For complete coverage and tournament details, visit the Championship homepage at the link above (GLVCsports.com/2024softball). All games will be streamed live behind a paywall on GLVCSN.com, the GLVCSN iOS and Android mobile apps, as well as the GLVCSN OTT platforms on Roku TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Android TV. More broadcast information will be released later in the week.