1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

The 1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 12 through 14. 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 sixth time. The Bears would leave the conference after the 1990 season, the first time they did not win the Tournament.[2]

1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthwest Missouri State (6th title)
Winning coachKeith Guttin (6th title)
MVPEarnie Johns (Southwest Missouri State)
1989 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Blue Division
Cleveland State  x 730 .70024210 .533
UIC   540 .55633290 .532
Valparaiso   380 .27314321 .309
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x 820 .80041100 .804
Eastern Illinois   620 .75031190 .620
Western Illinois   370 .30020180 .526
Northern Iowa   170 .12513370 .260
Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1989[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 State73.7001B
UIC54.5561.52B
Valparaiso38.2734.5
Gray Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Southwest Missouri State82.8001G
Eastern Illinois62.75012G
Western Illinois37.3005
Northern Iowa17.1256

Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1BCleveland State3
2GEastern Illinois2
1BCleveland State3
1GSouthwest Missouri State6
1GSouthwest Missouri State1
2BUIC0
1GSouthwest Missouri State45
2GEastern Illinois61
Lower round 1Lower final
1BCleveland State3
2GEastern Illinois122GEastern Illinois410
2BUIC6

All-Tournament Team

NameSchool
Scott AscheCleveland State
Dale BowlingSouthwest Missouri State
Dan BrieseEastern Illinois
Jim ClintonUIC
Jim CsehCleveland State
Corby FisterSouthwest Missouri State
Dan HargisEastern Illinois
Earnie JohnsonSouthwest Missouri State
Matt LegaspiEastern Illinois
Dana LeibovitzEastern Illinois
Ken O’RellCleveland State
Jim PhillosUIC
Julius SmithEastern Illinois
Chris SteilEastern Illinois

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Earnie Johns of Southwest Missouri State 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 15, 2022.
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