1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

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1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsSouthwest Missouri State (5th title)
Winning coachKeith Guttin (5th title)
MVPTony Floyd (Southwest Missouri State)
  • ← 1987
  • AMCU baseball tournament
  • 1989 →
1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings
Conf Overall
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


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.

Blue Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Valparaiso 6 5 .545 — 1B
UIC 6 6 .500 .5 2B
Cleveland State 5 6 .455 1 —
Gray Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Southwest Missouri State 12 0 1.000 — 1G
Eastern Illinois 6 6 .500 6 2G
Western Illinois 4 8 .333 8 —
Northern Iowa 2 10 .167 10 —

Tournament[edit]

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1BValparaiso0
2GEastern Illinois1
2GEastern Illinois3
1GSouthwest Missouri State4
1GSouthwest Missouri State5
2BUIC1
1GSouthwest Missouri State59
2GEastern Illinois152
Lower round 1Lower final
2GEastern Illinois6
1BValparaiso22BUIC4
2BUIC3

All-Tournament Team[edit]

Name School
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]

  1. ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
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