1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

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1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southwest Missouri State  (4th title)
Winning coach Keith Guttin  (4th title)
MVP Larry Doss (Southwest Missouri State)
  • 1986
  • AMCU Baseball Tournament
  • 1988
1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Blue Division
Valparaiso  x840 .66731232 .571
Cleveland State  550 .50020172 .538
UIC  370 .30023270 .460
Gray Division
Eastern Illinois  x930 .75031221 .583
Southwest Missouri State  y730 .70038140 .731
Western Illinois  370 .30020180 .526
Northern Iowa  390 .25026210 .553
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1987 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 8 through 10. 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 fourth 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
Valparaiso 84.6671B
Cleveland State 55.50022B
UIC 37.3004
Gray Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Eastern Illinois 93.7501G
Southwest Missouri State 73.70012G
Western Illinois 37.3005
Northern Iowa 39.2506

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1B Valparaiso 2
2G Southwest Missouri State 4
2GSouthwest Missouri State22
1GEastern Illinois11
1G Eastern Illinois 6
2B Cleveland State 3
2GSouthwest Missouri State1013
1GEastern Illinois9
Lower round 1Lower final
1GEastern Illinois18
1BValparaiso52BCleveland State11
2BCleveland State6

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Tim BogarEastern Illinois
Shannon CoppellEastern Illinois
Larry DossSouthwest Missouri State
Jim GibbsSouthwest Missouri State
Dan HickmanSouthwest Missouri State
Al KieboomEastern Illinois
Kevin MillerCleveland State
Mike RooneyEastern Illinois
Stan RoyerEastern Illinois
Al StaceyCleveland State

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Larry Doss of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP.

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