1996 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament

The 1996 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament was held in Indianapolis, IN. #4 Northern Illinois University defeated #3 University of Illinois at Chicago for the title. Jason King of Northern Illinois was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Butler University	14-7	Steve Farley
2	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	13-8	Jerry Augustine
3	University of Illinois at Chicago	12-10	Dean Refakes
4	Northern Illinois University	12-10	Spanky McFarland

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Butler	11
	4	Northern Illinois	15
						4	Northern Illinois	6
						3	Ill.-Chicago	7
	2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	5
	3	Ill.-Chicago	8
											3	Ill.-Chicago	0	4
											4	Northern Illinois	1	7
						4	Northern Illinois	4
	1	Butler	5			2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	1
	2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Northern Illinois University	15-11	Butler University
Game 2	University of Illinois at Chicago	8-5	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	9-5	Butler University	Butler eliminated
Game 4	University of Illinois at Chicago	7-6	Northern Illinois University
Game 5	Northern Illinois University	4-1	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Wisconsin-Milwaukee eliminated
Game 6	Northern Illinois University	1-0	University of Illinois at Chicago
Game 7	Northern Illinois University	7-4	University of Illinois at Chicago	Northern Illinois wins Midwestern Collegiate Conference title

All-Tournament Team

• P Paul Erschen, Northern Illinois
• P Jason Henry, Illinois-Chicago
• C Clay Schwartz, Milwaukee
• 1B John Kravarik, Illinois-Chicago
• 2B Joe Waszak, Illinois-Chicago
• 3B Matt Buczkowski, Butler
• SS Mike O’Neill, Northern Illinois
• OF Gerad Gast, Northern Illinois
• OF Jason King, Northern Illinois
• OF Jon Piazza, Illinois-Chicago
• DH Tim Kuncis, Northern Illinois