1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament

July 2026 1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference MWCC 6 Double-elimination Les Miller Field Chicago, Illinois 1998 Butler Bulldogs Butler 1st Steve Farley 1st Eric Storey Butler The 1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May of 1998, near the close of the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Les Miller Field on the campus of UIC in Chicago. Top seeded 1998 Butler Bulldogs Butler won their second Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 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 22, 2026 Seeding and format The league's teams are seeded one through six based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top two seeds received a single bye, meeting first round winners while first round losers played elimination games. This was the first year of the 6 team format, and the only year including first round byes for the top two seeds.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 22, 2026 Team W L PCT GB Seed 1998 Butler Bulldogs Butler 13 5 13 5 — 1 1998 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee 14 6 14 6 1 2 1998 Detroit Titans Detroit 10 8 10 8 3 3 1998 Wright State Raiders Wright State 9 11 9 11 5 4 1998 Cleveland State Vikings Cleveland State 8 11 8 11 5.5 5 1998 UIC Flames UIC 3 16 3 16 10.5 6 Bracket and results 4 1998 Wright State Raiders Wright State 2 5 1998 Cleveland State Vikings Cleveland State 3 3 1998 Detroit Titans Detroit 9 6 1998 UIC Flames UIC 2 2 1998 Milwaukee Panthers Milwaukee 11 5 Cleveland State 4 1 1998 Butler Bulldogs Butler 7 3 Detroit 0 2 Milwaukee 3 1 Butler 5 (13) 5 Cleveland State 6 4 UIC 5 3 Detroit 5 6 Wright State 4 5 Cleveland State 7 3 Detroit 8 2 Milwaukee 6 3 Detroit 1 1 Butler 6 2 Milwaukee 2 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 22, 2026 Pos Name School P Ryan Harber Butler Mike Casper Milwaukee C Lee Jaramillo Milwaukee 1B Jeff Haase Cleveland State 2B Greg Toll Milwaukee 3B Eric Storey Butler SS Blair Hayward Butler OF Mike Pesci Detroit Josh Wilke Butler Eric Lubarsky Milwaukee Most Valuable Player Eric Storey of Butler was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament. References Tournament Category:Horizon League baseball tournament Midwestern Collegiate Baseball Category:College baseball tournaments in Illinois