1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament

The 1988 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament was held in Chicago, IL. Southwest Missouri State University defeated Eastern Illinois University for the title. Tony Floyd of Southwest Missouri State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
Blue 1	Valparaiso University	6-5	Paul Twenge
Blue 2	University of Illinois at Chicago	6-6	Dean Refakes
Gray 1	Southwest Missouri State University	12-0	Keith Guttin
Gray 2	Eastern Illinois University	6-6	Tom McDevitt

Results

First Round

Second Round

Final

B1

Valparaiso

0

G2

Eastern Illinois

1

G2

Eastern Illinois

3

G1

Southwest Missouri St.

4

G1

Southwest Missouri St.

5

B2

Illinois-Chicago

1

G1

Southwest Missouri St.

5

9

G2

Eastern Illinois

15

2

G2

Eastern Illinois

6

B1

Valparaiso

2

B2

Illinois-Chicago

4

B2

Illinois-Chicago

3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Eastern Illinois University	1-0	Valparaiso University
Game 2	Southwest Missouri State University	5-1	University of Illinois at Chicago
Game 3	University of Illinois at Chicago	3-2	Valparaiso University	Valparaiso eliminated
Game 4	Southwest Missouri State University	4-3	Eastern Illinois University
Game 5	Eastern Illinois University	6-4	University of Illinois at Chicago	Illinois-Chicago eliminated
Game 6	Eastern Illinois University	15-5	Southwest Missouri State University
Game 7	Southwest Missouri State University	9-2	Eastern Illinois University	Southwest Missouri State wins AMCU title

All-Tournament Team

• Dale Bowling, Southwest Missouri State
• Mike DiBenedetto, Eastern Illinois
• Tony Floyd, Southwest Missouri State
• Dan Hargis, Eastern Illinois
• Jeff Jetel, Eastern Illinois
• Jeff Kaiser, Southwest Missouri State
• Pat Kelly, Southwest Missouri State
• Dana Leibovitz, Eastern Illinois
• Dave McDevitt, Eastern Illinois
• Mark Neff, Southwest Missouri State
• Jim Phillos, Illinois-Chicago
• Mike Ruble, Southwest Missouri State