1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

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]

1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthwest Missouri State (3rd title)
Winning coachKeith Guttin (3rd title)
MVPSteve Jeffers (Western Illinois)
1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Blue Division
Cleveland State  x 740 .63623240 .489
UIC   660 .50026260 .500
Valparaiso   470 .36422251 .469
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x 1110 .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

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 State74.6361B
UIC66.5001.52B
Valparaiso47.3643
Gray Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Southwest Missouri State111.9171G
Western Illinois66.50052G
Eastern Illinois47.5833
Northern Iowa29.1828.5

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1BCleveland State3
2GWestern Illinois410
2GWestern Illinois4
1GSouthwest Missouri State9
1GSouthwest Missouri State3
2BUIC0
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.

References

  1. 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  2. "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 12, 2022.
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