1979 Metro Conference Tournament

The 1979 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #3 Tulane University defeated #1 Florida State University for the title. Ken Francingues of Tulane was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Florida State University	4-2	Dick Howser
2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	2-3	Chuck Hartman
3	Tulane University	0-4	Joe Brockhoff
4	Memphis State University		Bobby Kilpatrick
5	University of Cincinnati		Glenn Sample
6	University of Louisville	3-6	Jim Zerilla
7	Saint Louis University		Lyle Reuss

* Seedings were based on records versus division-I opponents.

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Florida State	13
						5	Cincinnati	3
	4	Memphis State	4
	5	Cincinnati	8
											1	Florida State	5
											3	Tulane	10
	2	Virginia Tech	9
	7	Saint Louis	2
						2	Virginia Tech	3
						3	Tulane	4
	3	Tulane	11
	6	Louisville	4																		3	Tulane	5	x
																					1	Florida State	2	x
	Loser's Bracket
	7	Saint Louis	11
	6	Louisville	10			5	Cincinnati	5
						7	Saint Louis	4
											5	Cincinnati	5
											4	Memphis State	18			1	Florida State	11
						2	Virginia Tech	1								4	Memphis State	1
						4	Memphis State	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 10
Game 1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	9-2	Saint Louis University
Game 2	University of Cincinnati	8-4	Memphis State University
Game 3	Tulane University	11-4	University of Louisville
May 11
Game 4	Saint Louis University	11-10	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 5	Florida State University	13-3	University of Cincinnati
Game 6	Tulane University	4-3	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 7	Memphis State University	5-1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 8	University of Cincinnati	5-4	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
May 12
Game 9	Memphis State University	18-5	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 10	Tulane University	10-5	Florida State University
Game 11	Florida State University	11-1	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
May 13
Game 12	Tulane University	5-2	Florida State University	Tulane advances to NCAA tournament