1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

August 2023 1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities AMCU 4 Double-elimination Chicago 1988 Southwest Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State 5th Keith Guttin 5th Tony Floyd Southwest Missouri State 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. 1988 Southwest Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State won the tournament for the fifth time, en route to winning the first six titles.https://thesummitleague.org/documents/2021/7/20//Baseball_2021.pdf Summit League Baseball Record Book Summit League March 14, 2022 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 1988 Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso 6 5 .545 — 1B 1988 UIC Flames UIC 6 6 .500 .5 2B 1988 Cleveland State Vikings Cleveland State 5 6 .455 1 —+ Gray Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed 1988 Southwest Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State 12 0 1.000 — 1G 1988 Eastern Illinois Panthers Eastern Illinois 6 6 .500 6 2G 1988 Western Illinois Leathernecks Western Illinois 4 8 .333 8 — 1988 Northern Iowa Panthers Northern Iowa 2 10 .167 10 — Tournament 1B 1988 Valparaiso Crusaders Valparaiso 0 2G 1988 Eastern Illinois Panthers Eastern Illinois 1 1G 1988 Southwest Missouri State Bears Southwest Missouri State 5 2B 1988 UIC Flames UIC 1 1B Valparaiso 2 2B UIC 3 2G Eastern Illinois 3 1G Southwest Missouri State 4 2G Eastern Illinois 6 2B UIC 4 1G Southwest Missouri State 5 9 2G Eastern Illinois 15 2 All-Tournament Team 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 Tony Floyd of Southwest Missouri State was named Tournament MVP. References Tournament Category:Summit League baseball tournament Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament