1989 Metro Conference Tournament

The 1989 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Columbia, SC. #1 Florida State University defeated #3 University of Southern Mississippi for the title. Sedgwick McCollum of Southern Miss was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Florida State University	14-4	Mike Martin
2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	12-6	Chuck Hartman
3	University of Southern Mississippi	8-7	Hill Denson
4	University of South Carolina	8-7	June Raines
5	Memphis State University	8-10	Bobby Kilpatrick
6	University of Louisville	6-11	John Mason
7	University of Cincinnati	3-14	Jim Schmitz

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
	1	Florida St.
		bye
						1	Florida St.	9
						5	Memphis St.	4
	4	South Carolina	10
	5	Memphis St.	11
											1	Florida St.	14
											3	Southern Miss.	7
	2	Virginia Tech	8
	7	Cincinnati	0
						2	Virginia Tech	4
						3	Southern Miss.	7
	3	Southern Miss.	13
	6	Louisville	3
						Loser's bracket
							xx
							xx				2	Virginia Tech	8
											4	South Carolina	4
						7	Cincinnati	11
						6	Louisville	6			5	Memphis St.	6
											7	Cincinnati	15

	Semifinals					Finals
	1	Florida St.	8
	2	Virginia Tech	2
						1	Florida St.	6
						3	Southern Miss.	5
	3	Southern Miss.	5
	7	Cincinnati	0

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 17
Game 1	University of Southern Mississippi	13-3	University of Louisville
Game 2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	8-0	University of Cincinnati
Game 3	Memphis State University	11-10	University of South Carolina
May 18
Game 4	University of Cincinnati	11-6 (11)	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 5	Florida State University	9-4	Memphis State University
Game 6	University of Southern Mississippi	7-4	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
May 19
Game 7	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	8-4	University of South Carolina	South Carolina eliminated
Game 8	University of Cincinnati	15-6	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
Game 9	Florida State University	14-7	University of Southern Mississippi
May 20
Game 10	University of Southern Mississippi	5-0	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 11	Florida State University	8-2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 12	Florida State University	6-5 (12)	University of Southern Mississippi	Florida State advances to NCAA tournament