Metro Conference Baseball Tournament

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Metro Conference Baseball Tournament
Conference Baseball Championship
SportBaseball
Conference Metro Conference
Played1976–1995
Most championships Florida State (11)
Host stadiums
Tom and Lib Phillips Field (1995)
Parkway Field (1994)
The Diamond (1993)
Turchin Stadium (1992)
Salem Memorial Baseball Stadium (1991)
Pete Taylor Park (1990
Sarge Frye Field (1987, 1989)
Seminole Stadium (1983–86, 1988)
Nat Buring Stadium (1976–77)
Host locations
Charlotte, NC (1995)
Louisville, KY (1994)
Richmond, VA (1993)
New Orleans, LA (1992)
Salem, VA (1991)
Hattiesburg, MS (1990)
Columbia, SC (1987, 1989)
Tallahassee, FL (1978–86, 1988)
Memphis, TN (1976–77)

The Metro Conference Baseball Tournament was the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Metro Conference from 1976 through 1995. The winner of the tournament received an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Metro Conference former U.S. college athletic conference

The Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference, popularly known as the Metro Conference, was an NCAA Division I athletics conference, so named because its six charter members were all in urban metropolitan areas, though its later members did not follow that pattern. The conference was centered in the Upper South with some strength in the Deep South. The conference never sponsored football, although most of its members throughout its history had Division I-A football programs. In 1995, it merged with the Great Midwest Conference to form Conference USA. The merger was driven mainly by football, as several Metro Conference members had been successfully lured to larger conferences that sponsored the sport.

NCAA Division I Baseball Championship United States top collegiate-level baseball tournament

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Champions

By year

The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year. [1] [2]

YearProgramSiteMOP
1976 Memphis State Nat Buring StadiumMemphis, TN Ron McNeely, Memphis State
1977 Florida State Nat Buring Stadium • Memphis, TN Terry Kennedy, Florida State
1978 Memphis State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL Terry Pressgrove, Memphis State
1979 Tulane Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FLKen Francingues, Tulane
1980 Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FL Mike Fuentes, Florida State
1981 Florida State Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FLMike Fuentes, Florida State
1982 Tulane Seminole Field • Tallahassee, FLEric Lane, Tulane
1983 Florida State Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FLDanny Dowell, Florida State
1984 Florida State Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL Jody Reed, Florida State
1985 Florida State Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL Richie Lewis, Florida State
1986 Florida State Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FL Mike Loynd, Florida State
1987 Florida State Sarge Frye FieldColumbia, SC Ed Porcelli, Florida State
1988 Florida State Seminole Stadium • Tallahassee, FLEdwin Alicea, Florida State
1989 Florida State Sarge Frye Field • Columbia, SCSedgwick McCollum, Southern Miss
1990 Florida State Pete Taylor ParkHattiesburg, MS Allen Bevis, Florida State
1991† Southern Miss/Florida State Salem Memorial Baseball StadiumSalem, VA Ty Mueller, Florida State
1992 Tulane Turchin StadiumNew Orleans, LA
1993 Charlotte The DiamondRichmond, VA
1994 Virginia Tech Parkway FieldLouisville, KY
1995 South Florida Tom and Lib Phillips FieldCharlotte, NC

† - Due to rain on the day of the title game, Florida State and Southern Miss were named co-champions in 1991.

By school

The following is a list of conference champions listed by school.

ProgramNo. of titlesTitle years
Florida State 121977, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991†
Tulane 31979, 1982, 1992
Memphis (Memphis State)21976, 1978
Charlotte 11993
South Florida 11995
Southern Miss 11991†
Virginia Tech 11994

† - Due to rain on the day of the title game, Florida State and Southern Miss were named co-champions in 1991.

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