1986 Metro Conference Tournament

The 1986 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #1 Florida State University defeated #3 University of South Carolina for the title. Mike Loynd of Florida State was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Florida State University	15-3	Mike Martin
2	Memphis State University	11-5	Bobby Kilpatrick
3	University of South Carolina	11-6	June Raines
4	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	11-6	Chuck Hartman
5	University of Cincinnati	9-9	Tom Higgins
6	University of Southern Mississippi	6-15	Hill Denson
7	University of Louisville	3-13	John Mason

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Florida State	10
						5	Cincinnati	3
	4	Virginia Tech	5
	5	Cincinnati	6
											1	Florida State	5
											3	South Carolina	8
	2	Memphis State	19
	7	Louisville	3
						2	Memphis State	3
						3	South Carolina	4
	3	South Carolina	10
	6	Southern Miss	1																		3	South Carolina	0	2
																					1	Florida State	3	7
	Loser's Bracket
	7	Louisville	5
	6	Southern Miss	14			5	Cincinnati	1
						6	Southern Miss	11
											6	Southern Miss	2
											2	Memphis State	4			1	Florida State	7
						2	Memphis State	11								2	Memphis State	3
						4	Virginia Tech	8

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 8
Game 1	University of Cincinnati	6-5	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 2	University of South Carolina	10-1	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 3	Memphis State University	19-3	University of Louisville
May 9
Game 4	University of Southern Mississippi	14-5	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 5	University of South Carolina	4-3	Memphis State University
Game 6	Florida State University	10-3	University of Cincinnati
Game 7	Memphis State University	11-8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 8	University of Southern Mississippi	11-1	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
May 10
Game 9	University of South Carolina	8-5	Florida State University
Game 10	Memphis State University	4-2	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Miss eliminated
Game 11	Florida State University	7-3	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
May 11
Game 12	Florida State University	3-0	University of South Carolina
Game 13	Florida State University	7-2	University of South Carolina	Florida State advances to NCAA tournament