1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament
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| 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) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Format and seeding
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]| 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
[edit]Tony Floyd of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP.
References
[edit]- ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
- ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 14, 2022.