1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

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1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southwest Missouri State  (3rd title)
Winning coach Keith Guttin  (3rd title)
MVP Steve Jeffers (Western Illinois)
  • 1985
  • AMCU Baseball Tournament
  • 1987
1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Blue Division
Cleveland State  x740 .63623240 .489
UIC  660 .50026260 .500
Valparaiso  470 .36422251 .469
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x1110 .91747140 .770
Western Illinois  660 .50019220 .463
Eastern Illinois  470 .36429221 .567
Northern Iowa  290 .18225181 .580
Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1986 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 9 through 11. The top 4 regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held in Chicago, Illinois. Southwest Missouri State won the tournament for the third time, en route to winning the first six titles. [2]

Contents

Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the second round.

Blue Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Cleveland State 74.6361B
UIC 66.5001.52B
Valparaiso 47.3643
Gray Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Southwest Missouri State 111.9171G
Western Illinois 66.50052G
Eastern Illinois 47.5833
Northern Iowa 29.1828.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1B Cleveland State 3
2G Western Illinois 410
2GWestern Illinois4
1GSouthwest Missouri State9
1G Southwest Missouri State 3
2B UIC 0
1GSouthwest Missouri State8
2GWestern Illinois7
Lower round 1Lower final
2GWestern Illinois14
1BCleveland State62BUIC3
2BUIC10

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Howard BellSouthwest Missouri State
Greg BrewerSouthwest Missouri State
Stacey BurkeySouthwest Missouri State
Pat HiseWestern Illinois
Chris HowardWestern Illinois
Steve JeffersWestern Illinois
Scott MetzUIC
Steve MeyerSouthwest Missouri State
Mike MohrWestern Illinois
Matt NowakSouthwest Missouri State
Stan ScottWestern Illinois

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Steve Jeffers of Western Illinois was named Tournament MVP.

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