2024 Heart Baseball Conference Tournament
The 2024 Heart of America Athletic Conference Baseball Conference Tournament returned to a familiar place this week, as the event took place May 2-7 at Ozark Mountain Sports Complex in Ozark, Mo., for the seventh time.
The 2024 Heart of America Athletic Conference Baseball Conference Tournament will returned to a familiar place this week, as the event took place May 2-7 at Ozark Mountain Sports Complex in Ozark, Mo., for the seventh time.
The eight-team field featured, the top eight teams with the most wins in conference play.
Central Methodist earned the No. 1 overall seed, as they won the 2024 Heart Baseball regular season championship out-right. This marked their sixth Heart regular season title.
The No. 2 seed went to MidAmerica Nazarene University. The Pioneers are coming off of back-to-back trips to the NAIA World Series in Lewiston, Idaho.
Grand View is the defending Heart Conference Tournament Champions. They won their first-ever Heart Baseball Conference Tournament Championship last season in an 11-5 win over MNU.
No. 4 Park and No. 3 Mount Mercy competed in game one of the 2024 Heart Baseball Conference Tournament Championship game on Tuesday morning at 9 AM. This is the first time in each programs history that they have played in the Heart Baseball Conference Tournament Championship game.
Park won game one, 13-11, while Mount Mercy won the final game of the tournament with a 20-3 win over Park, winning their first-ever Heart Baseball Conference Tournament Championship.
Both Park and Mount Mercy have qualified for the NAIA Baseball National Championship Opening Round.
Victor Sanchez-Ramos of Park University was selected the Tournament MVP.
The eight teams competed in a double-elimination tournament with the tournament champion and runner-up both earning an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship Tournament.
The following eight teams qualified:
No. 1 Central Methodist
No. 2 MidAmerica Nazarene
No. 3 Mount Mercy
No. 4 Park
No. 5 Baker
No. 6 Grand View
No. 7 Peru State
No. 8 William Penn
To watch every game of the tournament on the Heart Conference Network, please click here.
Below please find information regarding tickets for the event:
Tickets (CASH OR CARD): Adults: $7 | Seniors (60 and over): $3 | Students with ID: $5 | Kids (12U): FREE | Military: FREE | No outside food or drink; coolers; travel cups; or tobacco products | All bags will be checked at gate
Ozark Mountain Sports Complex:
4400 N 19th St
Ozark, MO 65721
More about the complex:
The 4,000-seat stadium in Ozark was built in 1999 and in 2016 underwent more than $2 million in renovations that included the installation of a complete artificial turf playing surface, the highest grade available, and the addition of a $500,000, state-of-the-art LED video board measuring 37' x 48' behind the right field wall. The playing field measures 330' down each line, 375' in the alleys and 400' to center field. The stadium re-opened in 2016 and hosted the first season of the Show-Me Collegiate Summer League, and in addition to the Heart Tournament, the complex will host the Missouri State High School Baseball Championships starting in 2021.
