1997 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

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1997 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Troy State  (2nd title)
Winning coach John Mayotte  (2nd title)
MVP Bryan Kelly (Troy State)
  • ← 1996
  • Mid-Con baseball tournament
  • 1998 →
1997 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Troy State  x‍‍‡‍y8–6 .57136–24 .600
C.W. Post  ‍‍‍8–7 .53321–24 .467
NYIT  ‍‍‍9–8 .52921–25 .457
Pace  ‍‍‍6–6 .50019–18 .514
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍7–8 .46720–16 .556
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍8–11 .42129–21 .580
West
Northeastern Illinois  x‍‍‍16–7 .69629–29 .500
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍10–9 .52613–24 .351
Chicago State  ‍‍‍10–12 .45514–35 .286
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍6–24 .20020–31 .392
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 9 through 11. The top two regular season finishers of each of the league's two divisions met in the double-elimination tournament hosted by league member Northeastern Illinois in Chicago, Illinois. Troy State won the tournament for the second time. [2]

Contents

Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament.

East Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Troy State 86.571—1E
C.W. Post 87.533.52E
NYIT 98.529.5—
Pace 66.5001—
Central Connecticut 78.4671.5—
Youngstown State 811.4212.5—
West Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Northeastern Illinois 167.696—1W
Western Illinois 109.52642W
Chicago State 1012.4555.5—
Valparaiso 624.20013.5—

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1E Troy State 15
2W Western Illinois 3
1ETroy State5
1WNortheastern Illinois2
1W Northeastern Illinois 12
2E C.W. Post 3
1ETroy State9
1WNortheastern Illinois3
Lower round 1Lower final
1WNortheastern Illinois7
2WWestern Illinois62EC.W. Post3
2EC.W. Post7

Game-by-game results

GameWinnerScoreLoserComment
1(1E) Troy State 15–3(2W) Western Illinois
2(1W) Northeastern Illinois 12–3(2E) C.W. Post
3(2E) C.W. Post 7–6(2W) Western Illinois Western Illinois eliminated
4(1E) Troy State 5–2(1W) Northeastern Illinois
5(1W) Northeastern Illinois 7–3(2E) C.W. Post C.W. Post eliminated
6(1E) Troy State 9–3(1W) Northeastern Illinois Troy State wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Tom BlakeC.W. Post
Rhodney DonaldsonTroy
Dan EideTroy
John FodrowskiC.W. Post
Brian HantoshNortheastern Illinois
Jim JasperNortheastern Illinois
Bryan KellyTroy State
Kenny KreyTroy State
Chris LangfordTroy State
Brian QuinnWestern Illinois
Mark RacitiNortheastern Illinois
Jorge SotoTroy State

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Bryan Kelly of Troy State was named Tournament MVP.

References

  1. ↑ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 1, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved June 2, 2024.
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