Panthers advance to GLVC Tournament as 6th seed; DU to face Maryville on Thur. at 12:30 pm

SPRINGFIELD, Mo.—  The Drury Panthers clinched a Great Lakes Valley Conference tournament bid while idle this weekend and will be the number six seed on the league bracket. Drury will take on third-seeded Maryville in the opening round on Thursday 12:30 pm at Mountain Dew Park in Marion, Illinois.
 
The Panthers are 27-23 and ended the regular season 17-15 in the GLVC to finish in a three-way tie for fifth with Indianapolis and William Jewell. The head-to-head records serving as the tie-breaker, UIndy went 5-3 among the three teams head-to-head to obtain the fifth seed, the Panthers went 4-4 in those games, while William Jewell was 3-5 head-to-head and will be the seventh seed.
 
Maryville is 32-16 and went 21-11 in the GLVC to finish third. The Saints swept Drury in a four-game series in St. Louis March 4-5, but two of the four games were decided by a single run. Maryville won 3-2 and 14-6 on March 4, then swept the Panthers a day later, 7-2 and 6-5. All four were non-conference games on the schedule. The Saints were ranked third in the Midwest Region last week.
 
Other first round match-ups on Thursday include: regular season champion and seventh-ranked Quincy (40-9, 27-5) vs. eighth-seeded Missouri S&T (24-22, 15-17), number two seed and 21^st ranked Illinois Springfield (35-11, 25-7) vs. seventh-seeded William Jewell (29-21, 17-15), and fourth-seeded Lewis (29-21, 20-12) vs. number five seed Indianapolis (32-17, 17-15).
 
The winner of the Drury-Maryville game on Thursday will advance to the winner’s bracket and face the winner of the Illinois Springfield-William Jewell game on Friday at 4 pm. The loser of those two games will meet in an elimination game on Friday at 9 am.
 
The double-elimination tournament continues through the championship round on Sunday in Marion, Illinois.
 
Each day of the four-day event, ticket prices will be $12 for adults and $5 for youth (ages 6-17) and students (with ID), while children five and under are free. There will also be a $40 all-tournament pass available for purchase. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket link on the Championship homepage GLVCsports.com/2023baseball.
 
For complete coverage and tournament details, visit the Championship homepage, which includes links for the GLVC Sports Network (GLVCSN) coverage 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. All games will be streamed live at $10 per broadcast or $35 for a tournament pass.
 
 
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