1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament

The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament was held in Dayton, OH. #2 University of Detroit Mercy defeated #1 Wright State University for the title. Dusty Beam of Wright State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wright State University	16-8	Ron Nischwitz
2	University of Detroit Mercy	15-9	Bob Miller
3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	13-11	Jerry Augustine
4	Northern Illinois University	12-12	Spanky McFarland

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Wright St.	3
	4	Northern Illinois	9
						4	Northern Illinois	7
						2	Detroit Mercy	9
	2	Detroit Mercy	7
	3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	6
											2	Detroit Mercy	9	6
											1	Wright St.	10	3
						4	Northern Illinois	4
	1	Wright St.	10			1	Wright St.	16
	3	Wisc.-Milwaukee	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	University of Detroit Mercy	7-6	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 2	Northern Illinois University	9-3	Wright State University
Game 3	Wright State University	10-1	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Wisconsin-Milwaukee eliminated
Game 4	University of Detroit Mercy	9-7	Northern Illinois University
Game 5	Wright State University	16-4	Northern Illinois University	Northern Illinois eliminated
Game 6	Wright State University	10-9	University of Detroit Mercy
Game 7	University of Detroit Mercy	6-3	Wright State University	Detroit wins Midwestern Collegiate Conference title

All-Tournament Team

• P Casey Sanford, Wright State
• P Chris Andrzejak, Detroit
• C Ryan Tyree, Wright State
• 1B Dean Rovinelli, Detroit
• 2B Brett Gautcher, Northern Illinois
• 3B Ed Gundry, Detroit
• SS Dusty Beam, Wright State
• OF T.D. Hicks, Wright State
• OF Dave Knight, Detroit
• OF Michael Pesci, Detroit
• DH Joe Rodriguez, Northern Illinois