1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

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
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Blue Division
Cleveland State  x‍‍‍ 7 – 4 – 0   .636 23 – 24 – 0   .489
UIC  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 26 – 26 – 0   .500
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 22 – 25 – 1   .469
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x‍‍‡‍ 11 – 1 – 0   .917 47 – 14 – 0   .770
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6 – 6 – 0   .500 19 – 22 – 0   .463
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7 – 0   .364 29 – 22 – 1   .567
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ 2 – 9 – 0   .182 25 – 18 – 1   .580
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1986[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


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]

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
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Cleveland State 7 4 .636 — 1B
UIC 6 6 .500 1.5 2B
Valparaiso 4 7 .364 3 —
Gray Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Southwest Missouri State 11 1 .917 — 1G
Western Illinois 6 6 .500 5 2G
Eastern Illinois 4 7 .583 3 —
Northern Iowa 2 9 .182 8.5 —

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

Name School
Howard Bell Southwest Missouri State
Greg Brewer Southwest Missouri State
Stacey Burkey Southwest Missouri State
Pat Hise Western Illinois
Chris Howard Western Illinois
Steve Jeffers Western Illinois
Scott Metz UIC
Steve Meyer Southwest Missouri State
Mike Mohr Western Illinois
Matt Nowak Southwest Missouri State
Stan Scott Western 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.