1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

The 1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 9 through 11. The top 4 regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held in Chicago, Illinois. Southwest Missouri State won the tournament for the third time, en route to winning the first six titles.^[2]

1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Chicago
Champions	Southwest Missouri State (3rd title)
Winning coach	Keith Guttin (3rd title)
MVP	Steve Jeffers (Western Illinois)
← 1985 AMCU baseball tournament 1987 →

1986 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Blue Division
Cleveland State  x‍‍‍	7	–	4	–	0		.636			23	–	24	–	0		.489
UIC  ‍‍‍	6	–	6	–	0		.500			26	–	26	–	0		.500
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0		.364			22	–	25	–	1		.469
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x‍‍‡‍	11	–	1	–	0		.917			47	–	14	–	0		.770
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	6	–	6	–	0		.500			19	–	22	–	0		.463
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍	4	–	7	–	0		.364			29	–	22	–	1		.567
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍	2	–	9	–	0		.182			25	–	18	–	1		.580
‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1986[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the second round.

Blue Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed Cleveland State 7 4 .636 — 1B UIC 6 6 .500 1.5 2B Valparaiso 4 7 .364 3 —

Gray Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed Southwest Missouri State 11 1 .917 — 1G Western Illinois 6 6 .500 5 2G Eastern Illinois 4 7 .583 3 — Northern Iowa 2 9 .182 8.5 —

Tournament

Upper round 1

Upper final

Final

1B

Cleveland State

3

2G

Western Illinois

410

2G

Western Illinois

4

1G

Southwest Missouri State

9

1G

Southwest Missouri State

3

2B

UIC

0

1G

Southwest Missouri State

8

—

2G

Western Illinois

7

—

Lower round 1

Lower final

2G

Western Illinois

14

1B

Cleveland State

6

2B

UIC

3

2B

UIC

10

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Howard Bell	Southwest Missouri State
Greg Brewer	Southwest Missouri State
Stacey Burkey	Southwest Missouri State
Pat Hise	Western Illinois
Chris Howard	Western Illinois
Steve Jeffers	Western Illinois
Scott Metz	UIC
Steve Meyer	Southwest Missouri State
Mike Mohr	Western Illinois
Matt Nowak	Southwest Missouri State
Stan Scott	Western Illinois

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Steve Jeffers of Western Illinois was named Tournament MVP.