1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament

The 1987 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament was held in Chicago, IL. Southwest Missouri State University defeated Eastern Illinois University for the title. Larry Doss of Southwest Missouri State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
Blue 1	Valparaiso University	8-4	Rick Ferchen
Blue 2	Cleveland State University	5-5	Fernando Arango
Gray 1	Eastern Illinois University	9-3	Tom McDevitt
Gray 2	Southwest Missouri State University	7-3	Keith Guttin

Results

First Round

Second Round

Final

B1

Valparaiso

2

G2

Southwest Missouri St.

4

G2

Southwest Missouri St.

22

G1

Eastern Illinois

11

G1

Eastern Illinois

6

B2

Cleveland St.

3

G2

Southwest Missouri St.

10

x

G1

Eastern Illinois

9

x

G1

Eastern Illinois

18

B1

Valparaiso

5

B2

Cleveland St.

11

B2

Cleveland St.

6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Southwest Missouri State University	4-2	Valparaiso University
Game 2	Eastern Illinois University	6-3	Cleveland State University
Game 3	Cleveland State University	6-5	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso eliminated
Game 4	Southwest Missouri State University	22-11	Eastern Illinois University
Game 5	Eastern Illinois University	18-11	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State eliminated
Game 6	Southwest Missouri State University	10-9 (13)	Eastern Illinois University	Southwest Missouri State receives bid to to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Tim Bogar, Eastern Illinois
• Shannon Coppell, Eastern Illinois
• Larry Doss, Southwest Missouri State
• Jim Gibbs, Southwest Missouri State
• Dan Hickman, Southwest Missouri State
• Al Kieboom, Eastern Illinois
• Kevin Miller, Cleveland State
• Mike Rooney, Eastern Illinois
• Stan Royer, Eastern Illinois
• Al Stacey, Cleveland State