1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament
The 1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 8 through 10. 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 fourth 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 (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Keith Guttin (4th title) |
| MVP | Larry Doss (Southwest Missouri State) |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso x | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .667 | 31 | – | 23 | – | 2 | .571 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .500 | 20 | – | 17 | – | 2 | .538 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .300 | 23 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .460 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gray Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois x | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .750 | 31 | – | 22 | – | 1 | .583 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwest Missouri State ‡y | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .700 | 38 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .300 | 20 | – | 18 | – | 0 | .526 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 3 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .250 | 26 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .553 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1987[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 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2G | Southwest Missouri State | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 2G | Southwest Missouri State | 22 | ||||||||||||
| 1G | Eastern Illinois | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 1G | Eastern Illinois | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2B | Cleveland State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2G | Southwest Missouri State | 1013 | — | |||||||||||
| 1G | Eastern Illinois | 9 | — | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 1G | Eastern Illinois | 18 | ||||||||||||
| 1B | Valparaiso | 5 | 2B | Cleveland State | 11 | |||||||||
| 2B | Cleveland State | 6 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Name | School |
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| Tim Bogar | Eastern Illinois |
| Shannon Coppell | Eastern Illinois |
| Larry Doss | Southwest Missouri State |
| Jim Gibbs | Southwest Missouri State |
| Dan Hickman | Southwest Missouri State |
| Al Kieboom | Eastern Illinois |
| Kevin Miller | Cleveland State |
| Mike Rooney | Eastern Illinois |
| Stan Royer | Eastern Illinois |
| Al Stacey | Cleveland State |
Tournament Most Valuable Player
Larry Doss 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 13, 2022.
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