• OVC Baseball Report –February 27 (PDF)
This Week’s Schedule
Tuesday, February 28
Lipscomb
at Tennessee Tech, 3:00 p.m.
Morehead State at Kentucky, 3:00 p.m. (SEC Network+)
Lindenwood at Missouri, 3:00 p.m.
Wednesday, March 1
Evansville
at Southeast Missouri, 3:00 p.m.
UIC
at UT Martin, 6:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Friday, March 3
Morehead State at Samford (2), 12:00 p.m.
Lindenwood at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 1:00 p.m.
Eastern Illinois at Dayton, 2:00 p.m.
Milwaukee
at Southeast Missouri, 3:00 p.m.
Western Illinois
at SIUE, 3:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Queens, 3:00 p.m.
Valparaiso
at Little Rock, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Kent State
at UT Martin, 5:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Southern Indiana at Washington State, 6:05 p.m.
Saturday, March 4
Eastern Illinois at Dayton (2), 11:00 a.m.
Lindenwood at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (2), 1:00 p.m.
Western Illinois
at SIUE (2), 1:00 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Queens, 1:00 p.m.
Morehead State at Samford, 1:00 p.m.
Milwaukee
at Southeast Missouri, 2:00 p.m.
Valparaiso
at Little Rock, 2:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Kent State
at UT Martin, 3:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Southern Indiana at Washington State, 4:05 p.m.
Sunday, March 5
Eastern Illinois at Dayton, 11:00 a.m.
Tennessee Tech at Queens, 12:00 p.m.
Lindenwood at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 1:00 p.m.
Milwaukee
at Southeast Missouri, 1:00 p.m.
Western Illinois
at SIUE, 1:00 p.m.
Kent State
at UT Martin, 1:00 p.m.
Valparaiso
at Little Rock, 1:00 p.m. (ESPN+)
Southern Indiana at Washington State, 3:05 p.m.
OVC Players of the Week
PLAYER
Josh Cameron, OF • 6-4, 195, Jr. • Pflugerville, Texas • Southeast Missouri
In five games last week Cameron hit .471 (8-for-17) with six runs scored, a double, two triples, three home runs, six RBI, a stolen base, a .571 on-base percentage and 1.294 slugging percentage. Cameron was 3-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBI in SEMO’s 23-2 win over Abilene Christian in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader. He closed the weekend by tallying two hits (including a triple), and drawing a walk. He opened the week was going 2-for-4 with a double, home run and run scored against Middle Tennessee.
Others Nominated: Cole Gober, Eastern Illinois; Skyler Trevino, Little Rock; Ryley Preece, Morehead State; Evan Kahre, Southern Indiana; Theo Bryant IV, Tennessee Tech; Blaze Bell, UT Martin.
PITCHER
Ky Hampton, RHP • 6-3, 190, Grad. • Mount Baker, Australia • Eastern Illinois
Hampton picked up the victory as Eastern Illinois knocked off No. 3 Arkansas 12-3 on Sunday. The graduate student went seven innings, allowing just three hits and walking one while striking out four. After allowing a home run in the second inning he retired nine-straight batters and Hampton would end his outing by retiring seven-straight Arkansas batters. Overall Arkansas batter hit just .120 for the game.
Others Nominated: Bennett Stice, Lindenwood; Jackson Wells, Little Rock; Luke Helton, Morehead State; Zeus Ponder, SIUE; Gavin Seebold, Southern Indiana; J. Henry Hobson, UT Martin.