1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament

July 2026 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference MWCC 4 Double-elimination Wright Stadium Dayton, Ohio 1997 Detroit Titans Detroit 1st Bob Miller 1st Dusty Beam Detroit The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May of 1997, near the close of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top four finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wright Stadium on the campus of Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Second seeded 1997 Detroit Titans Detroit won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.https://butlersports.com/sports/2022/7/11/1998-baseball-team.aspx Butler Bulldogs July 11, 2022 1998 Baseball Team March 24, 2026 Seeding and format The league's teams are seeded one through four based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top seed plays the fourth seed while the second seed plays the third seed in the opening round. Northern Illinois claimed the fourth seed by tiebreaker over Cleveland State.https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/horizonleague_conf.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/1/2018_19_Baseball_Record_Book.pdf 2018 Baseball Record Book Horizon League 6 March 24, 2026 Team W L PCT GB Seed 1997 Wright State Raiders Wright State 16 8 16 8 — 1 1997 Detroit Titans Detroit 15 9 15 9 1 2 1997 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee 13 11 13 11 3 3 1997 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois 12 12 12 12 4 4 1997 Cleveland State Vikings Cleveland State 12 12 12 12 4 — 1997 Butler Bulldogs Butler 8 16 8 16 8 — 1997 UIC Flames UIC 8 16 8 16 8 — Bracket and results 2 1 1997 Wright State Raiders Wright State 3 4 1997 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois 9 3 1997 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee 6 2 1997 Detroit Titans Detroit 7 1 Wright State 10 3 Milwaukee 1 4 Northern Illinois 7 2 Detroit 9 4 Northern Illinois 4 1 Wright State 16 2 Detroit 9 6 1 Wright State 10 3 All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/horizonleague_conf.sidearmsports.com/documents/2018/8/1/2018_19_Baseball_Record_Book.pdf 2018 Baseball Record Book Horizon League 151 March 24, 2026 Pos Name School P Casey Sanford Wright State Chris Andrzejak Detroit C Ryan Tyree Wright State 1B Dean Rovinelli Detroit 2B Brett Gautcher Northern Illinois 3B Ed Gundry Detroit SS Dusty Beam Wright State OF T.D. Hicks Wright State Dave Knight Detroit Michael Pesci Detroit DH Joe Rodriguez Northern Illinois Most Valuable Player Dusty Beam of Wright State was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. References Tournament Category:Horizon League baseball tournament Midwestern Collegiate Baseball Category:College baseball tournaments in Ohio