1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament
The 1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 13 through 16. 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 fifth time, en route to winning the first six titles.[2]
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Southwest Missouri State (5th title) |
| Winning coach | Keith Guttin (5th title) |
| MVP | Tony Floyd (Southwest Missouri State) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso x | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .545 | 14 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .259 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .500 | 27 | – | 29 | – | 0 | .482 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .455 | 16 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gray Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State x‡ | 12 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 41 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .707 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 6 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .500 | 27 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .540 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 4 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .333 | 17 | – | 19 | – | 1 | .473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .167 | 11 | – | 43 | – | 0 | .204 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1988[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.
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Tournament
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1B | Valparaiso | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2G | Eastern Illinois | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2G | Eastern Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 1G | Southwest Missouri State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1G | Southwest Missouri State | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2B | UIC | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1G | Southwest Missouri State | 5 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 2G | Eastern Illinois | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 2G | Eastern Illinois | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1B | Valparaiso | 2 | 2B | UIC | 4 | |||||||||
| 2B | UIC | 3 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Name | School |
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| Dale Bowling | Southwest Missouri State |
| Mike DiBenedetto | Eastern Illinois |
| Tony Floyd | Southwest Missouri State |
| Dan Hargis | Eastern Illinois |
| Jeff Jetel | Eastern Illinois |
| Jeff Kaiser | Southwest Missouri State |
| Pat Kelly | Southwest Missouri State |
| Dana Leibovitz | Eastern Illinois |
| Dave McDevitt | Eastern Illinois |
| Mark Neff | Southwest Missouri State |
| Jim Phillos | UIC |
| Mike Ruble | Southwest Missouri State |
Tournament Most Valuable Player
Tony Floyd of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP.
References
- 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
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