Leatherneck Nation

Current OVC Standings as of 4-26-26:

Southeast Missouri State  12-6
Eastern Illinois  12-6
Little Rock  12-6
SIU-Edwardsville  12-6
Lindenwood  10-8
Morehead State  8-10
Western  7-11
Tennessee-Martin  7-11
Southern Indiana  6-12
Tennessee Tech  4-14
 

OVC Standings as of 5-3-26.  2 weeks left in the regular season:

Eastern Illinois  15-6
SIU-Edwardsville  15-6
Little Rock  14-7
Southeast Missouri State  12-9
Lindenwood  10-11
Morehead State  9-12
Tennessee-Martin  9-12
Western  8-13
Southern Indiana  8-13
Tennessee Tech  5-16   
 
 

OVC Standings as of 5-10-26.  One week left in the regular season.

SIU-Edwardsville  18-6
Little Rock  16-8
Southeast Missouri State  15-9
Eastern Illinois  15-9
Lindenwood  12-12
Morehead State  12-12
Tennessee-Martin  10-14
Western  8-16
Southern Indiana  8-16
Tennessee Tech  6-18
 

Does not appear that we can finish in top 8 for tournament.  But how does it work?  Little Rock is leaving conference after this year.  So does that make them ineligible for tournament play so we sort of sneak in the hard way?  I think some conferences work that way.  Not sure about the OVC.

Final OVC Standings:

SIU-Edwardsville  19-7
Eastern Illinois  18-9
Southeast Missouri State  18-9
Little Rock  16-11
Morehead State  15-12
Lindenwood  13-14
Tennessee-Martin  11-15
Southern Indiana  10-17
Western  8-19
Tennessee Tech  6-21

Western and Tennessee Tech did not make the conference tournament.

Western finishes the season with an overall record of 17-36  (8-19 in the OVC).
 
 

I was so dissapointed that we STILL didnt make the tournament. It feels like we never will. The team had some bright spots, but pitching depth remains the biggest issue. While every single club has this problem its an even bigger problem here than elsewhere as we struggle to field pitchers who can even compete at this level for full 3 game series + 1 midweek game. 

OVC Tournament champion Little Rock is playing in a Super-Regional at Troy -- best of 3 format.

Troy won game 1 on Friday 12-2.

WIU picked up a commitment from the transfer portal Kayden Jennings who previously played at NIU. Didn't play a whole lot at NIU in his 3 years there. 

Not sure if this was in the works before Bubb left or if the interim AD did it, but it was announced today that Coach Davis got a contract extension.

Western Illinois Extends Head Baseball Coach Terry Davis Through 2029.
https://goleathernecks.com/news/2026/6/ ... -2029.aspx