1986 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1986 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 15-19 at Abe Martin Field in Carbondale, IL. #4 Indiana State University defeated #1 Southern Illinois University for the title. Dave Travis of Indiana State was named tournament MVP

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Southern Illinois University	13-7	Richard "Itch" Jones
2	Wichita State University	12-8	Gene Stephenson
3	Bradley University	11-9	Dewey Kalmer
4	Indiana State University	10-10	Bob Warn
5	Illinois State University	8-12	Duffy Bass
6	Creighton University	6-14	Jim Hendry

Results

Bracket

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Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 15
Game 1	Indiana State University	4-2	Bradley University
Game 2	Wichita State University	6-1	Illinois State University
Game 3	Southern Illinois University	3-1	Creighton University
May 16
Game 4	Wichita State University	11-6	Indiana State University
Game 5	Creighton University	5-3	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
May 17
Game 6	Illinois State University	13-9	Southern Illinois University
Game 7	Indiana State University	5-0	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
Game 8	Southern Illinois University	7-3	Wichita State University
May 18
Game 9	Indiana State University	6-5	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
Game 10	Indiana State University	6-3	Wichita State University	Wichita State eliminated
May 19
Game 11	Indiana State University	13-6	Southern Illinois University	Indiana State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• 1B Jim Limperis, Southern Illinois
• 2B Mike Lexa, Indiana State
• 3B Boi Rodriguez, Indiana State
• SS Arnie Beyeler, Wichita State
• OF Paul Frye, Indiana State
• OF Bob Zeihen, Indiana State
• OF Jeff Bonacquista, Wichita State
• C Mike Eberle, Indiana State
• DH Dave Travis, Indiana State
• P Paul Quinzer, Indiana State
• P Todd Neibel, Southern Illinois