1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

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1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Southwest Missouri State  (6th title)
Winning coach Keith Guttin  (6th title)
MVP Earnie Johns (Southwest Missouri State)
  • 1988
  • AMCU Baseball Tournament
  • 1990
1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Blue Division
Cleveland State  x730 .70024210 .533
UIC  540 .55633290 .532
Valparaiso  380 .27314321 .309
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x820 .80041100 .804
Eastern Illinois  620 .75031190 .620
Western Illinois  370 .30020180 .526
Northern Iowa  170 .12513370 .260
Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1989 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 12 through 14. 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 sixth time. The Bears would leave the conference after the 1990 season, the first time they did not win the Tournament. [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 73.7001B
UIC 54.5561.52B
Valparaiso 38.2734.5
Gray Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Southwest Missouri State 82.8001G
Eastern Illinois 62.75012G
Western Illinois 37.3005
Northern Iowa 17.1256

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1B Cleveland State 3
2G Eastern Illinois 2
1BCleveland State3
1GSouthwest Missouri State6
1G Southwest Missouri State 1
2B UIC 0
1GSouthwest Missouri State45
2GEastern Illinois61
Lower round 1Lower final
1BCleveland State3
2GEastern Illinois122GEastern Illinois410
2BUIC6

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Scott AscheCleveland State
Dale BowlingSouthwest Missouri State
Dan BrieseEastern Illinois
Jim ClintonUIC
Jim CsehCleveland State
Corby FisterSouthwest Missouri State
Dan HargisEastern Illinois
Earnie JohnsonSouthwest Missouri State
Matt LegaspiEastern Illinois
Dana LeibovitzEastern Illinois
Ken O’RellCleveland State
Jim PhillosUIC
Julius SmithEastern Illinois
Chris SteilEastern Illinois

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Earnie Johns of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP.

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