1998 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament
The 1998 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament was held in Tulsa, OK. Oral Roberts University defeated Valparaiso University for the title. Paul Weeks of Oral Roberts was named MVP.
Participating Teams[edit]
Seed | School | Conf. Record | Head Coach |
---|---|---|---|
East 1 | Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus | 12-2 | Dick Vining |
East 2 | Youngstown State University | 5-6 | Dan Kubacki |
East 3 | Central Connecticut State University | 6-8 | George Redman |
West 1 | Oral Roberts University | 18-6 | Sunny Golloway |
West 2 | Valparaiso University | 13-9 | Paul Twenge |
West 3 | Western Illinois University | 12-10 | Dick Pawlow |
Results[edit]
Bracket[edit]
First round | Second round | Third round | Semi-finals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
W1 | Oral Roberts | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E3 | Central Conn. St. | 3 | W1 | Oral Roberts | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
E1 | C.W. Post | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
E1 | C.W. Post | 11 | W1 | Oral Roberts | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Western Illinois | 12 | W2 | Valparaiso | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
W3 | Western Illinois | 4 | W1 | Oral Roberts | 12 | x | ||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Valparaiso | 6 | W2 | Valparaiso | 10 | x | ||||||||||||||||||
E2 | Youngstown State | 3 | W2 | Valparaiso | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||
W2 | Valparaiso | 12 | W3 | Western Illinois | 14 | W3 | Western Illinois | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
E3 | Central Conn. St. | 3 | E3 | Central Conn. St. | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
E2 | Youngstown State | 0 |
Game Results[edit]
Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
Game 1 | Oral Roberts University | 5-3 | Central Connecticut State University | |
Game 2 | Valparaiso University | 12-3 | Youngstown State University | |
Game 3 | Western Illinois University | 12-11 | Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus | |
Game 4 | Central Connecticut State University | 3-0 | Youngstown State University | Youngstown State eliminated |
Game 5 | Oral Roberts University | 12-5 | Long Island University, C.W. Post Campus | C.W. Post eliminated |
Game 6 | Valparaiso University | 6-4 | Western Illinois University | |
Game 7 | Western Illinois University | 14-2 | Central Connecticut State University | Central Connecticut State eliminated |
Game 8 | Oral Roberts University | 7-4 | Valparaiso University | |
Game 9 | Valparaiso University | 9-3 | Western Illinois University | Western Illinois eliminated |
Game 10 | Oral Roberts University | 12-10 | Valparaiso University | Oral Roberts wins play-in series vs. Butler University to advance to NCAA tournament |
All-Tournament Team[edit]
- Derek Dixon, Oral Roberts
- Bryan Gann, Oral Roberts
- Mike Hill, Oral Roberts
- Scott Martin, Central Connecticut State
- Andrew Mosher, Oral Roberts
- Ryan Poepard, Valparaiso
- Anthony Rogers, Western Illinois
- J.J Swiatkowski, Valparaiso
- Eric Vandeventer, Oral Roberts
- Paul Weeks, Oral Roberts
- Tom Wigand, C.W. Post
- Justin Wohlers, Western Illinois
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