1987 Metro Conference Tournament

The 1987 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Columbia, SC. #2 Florida State University defeated #6 University of Cincinnati for the title. Ed Porcelli of Florida State was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of South Carolina	13-1	June Raines
2	Florida State University	19-4	Mike Martin
3	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	9-5	Chuck Hartman
4	Memphis State University	9-9	Bobby Kilpatrick
5	University of Southern Mississippi	7-11	Hill Denson
6	University of Cincinnati	5-8	Jim Schmitz
7	University of Louisville	1-14	John Mason

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
	1	South Carolina
		bye
						1	South Carolina	6
						4	Memphis St.	2
	4	Memphis St.	10
	5	Southern Miss.	1
											1	South Carolina	5
											2	Florida St.	9
	2	Florida St.	9
	7	Louisville	2
						2	Florida St.	5
						3	Virginia Tech	4
	3	Virginia Tech	2
	6	Cincinnati	1
						Loser's bracket
							xx
							xx				3	Virginia Tech	9
											5	Southern Miss.	14
						7	Louisville	6
						6	Cincinnati	8			4	Memphis St.	1
											6	Cincinnati	13

	Semifinals					Finals
	2	Florida St.	5
	5	Southern Miss.	1
						2	Florida St.	6
						6	Cincinnati	3
	1	South Carolina	4
	6	Cincinnati	19

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 13
Game 1	Memphis State University	10-1	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	2-1	University of Cincinnati
Game 3	Florida State University	9-2	University of Louisville
May 14
Game 4	University of Cincinnati	8-6	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 5	Florida State University	5-4	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 6	University of South Carolina	6-2	Memphis State University
May 15
Game 7	University of Southern Mississippi	14-9	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 8	University of Cincinnati	13-1	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
Game 9	Florida State University	9-5	University of South Carolina
May 16
Game 10	University of Cincinnati	19-4	University of South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
Game 11	Florida State University	5-1	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Miss eliminated
Game 12	Florida State University	6-3	University of Cincinnati	Florida State advances to NCAA tournament