The 2021 OVC Baseball Tournament in Jackson, Tennessee had it all for the Murray State Racers, needing two days to earn an extra-inning victory over Morehead State, a late-inning loss to Southeast Missouri, an extra-inning win against Austin Peay and a blow-out victory over Southeast Missouri to force a winner-take-all championship game Sunday against the Redhawks. The Racers lost 10-1 finishing the season 33-25.
At the SEC Tournament final in Hoover AL, Arkansas defeated Tennessee, 7-2, Sunday afternoon. The Razorbacks are only the third team since the conference expanded in 2012 to win the SEC regular-season championship and tournament championship in the same season.