1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament

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The 1984 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament was held at in Chicago, IL. 1984 was the first season of baseball competition for the AMCU. Schools did not play a conference schedule. Southwest Missouri State University defeated University of Northern Iowa for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

School Overall Record Head Coach
Cleveland State University 10-38-1 Fernando Arango
Eastern Illinois University 19-11 Tom McDevitt
University of Illinois at Chicago 19-35 Dean Refakes
University of Northern Iowa 12-18 Gary Swanson
Southwest Missouri State University 35-22 Keith Guttin
Valparaiso University 26-20-1 Rick Ferchen
Western Illinois University 28-8-1 Dick Pawlow

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Fourth Round     Finals
                                                 
  Winner's Bracket
    Northern Iowa 4  
      Illinois-Chicago 1    
  Illinois-Chicago 2          
  Western Illinois 1        
      Northern Iowa 8            
      Eastern Illinois 6              
  Eastern Illinois 5              
  Southwest Missouri St. 3                
      Eastern Illinois 9          
      Valparaiso 1        
  Valparaiso 10          
  Cleveland St. 1         Northern Iowa 2 0
      Southwest Missouri St. 7 17
  Loser's Bracket      
  Southwest Missouri St. 11        
  Cleveland St. 5     Illinois-Chicago 14        
    Southwest Missouri St. 2          
      Southwest Missouri St. 6        
      Western Illinois 1     Eastern Illinois 0    
  Valparaiso 7         Southwest Missouri St. 1  
  Western Illinois 11  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 University of Illinois at Chicago 2-1 (15) Western Illinois University
Game 2 Valparaiso University 10-1 Cleveland State University
Game 3 Eastern Illinois University 5-3 Southwest Missouri State University
Game 4 University of Northern Iowa 4-1 University of Illinois at Chicago
Game 5 Eastern Illinois University 9-1 Valparaiso University
Game 6 Southwest Missouri State University 11-5 Cleveland State University Cleveland State eliminated
Game 7 Western Illinois University 11-7 Valparaiso University Valparaiso eliminated
Game 8 University of Northern Iowa 8-6 Eastern Illinois University
Game 9 Southwest Missouri State University 14-2 University of Illinois at Chicago Illinois-Chicago eliminated
Game 10 Southwest Missouri State University 6-1 Western Illinois University Western Illinois eliminated
Game 11 Southwest Missouri State University 1-0 Eastern Illinois University Eastern Illinois eliminated
Game 12 Southwest Missouri State University 7-2 University of Northern Iowa
Game 13 Southwest Missouri State University 17-0 University of Northern Iowa Southwest Missouri State wins AMCU title

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Bruce Bax, Southwest Missouri State
  • Rick Clarkston, Southwest Missouri State
  • Loren Hackman, Northern Iowa
  • Danny Iseminger, Southwest Missouri State
  • Brian Jones, Eastern Illinois
  • Kevin Keister, Missouri State
  • Ken Kokar, Valparaiso
  • Terry McDevitt, Eastern Illinois
  • Scott Prince, Southwest Missouri State
  • Mike Snodgrass, Southwest Missouri State
  • Mike Stokes, Western Illinois
  • Bob Villasenor, Illinois-Chicago