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1990 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament


The 1990 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 11 through 14. The top 4 regular season finishers of the league's eight teams met in the double-elimination tournament held in Chicago, Illinois. UIC won the tournament for the first time.[2]

1990 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsUIC (1st title)
Winning coachDean Refakes (1st title)
MVPKevin Walker (Southwest Missouri State)
  • ← 1989
  • Mid-Con baseball tournament
  • 1991 →
1990 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Blue Division
UIC  x‍‍‡‍ 8 – 3   .727 33 – 24   .579
Akron  ‍‍‍ 7 – 5   .583 25 – 29   .463
Cleveland State  ‍‍‍ 3 – 6   .333 13 – 27   .325
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 3 – 7   .300 20 – 35   .364
Gray Division
Southwest Missouri State  x‍‍‍ 11 – 0   1.000 42 – 15   .737
Eastern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 7   .364 24 – 30   .444
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 19 – 20   .487
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍ 4 – 8   .333 20 – 39   .339
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1990[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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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
UIC 8 3 .727 — 1B
Akron 7 5 .583 1.5 2B
Cleveland State 3 6 .333 4 —
Valparaiso 3 7 .300 4.5 —
Gray Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Southwest Missouri State 11 0 1.000 — 1G
Eastern Illinois 4 7 .364 7 2G
Western Illinois 4 8 .333 7.5 —
Northern Iowa 4 8 .333 7.5 —

Tournament

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1BUIC5
2GEastern Illinois2
1BUIC513
1GSouthwest Missouri State4
1GSouthwest Missouri State512
2BAkron4
1BUIC4—
1GSouthwest Missouri State0—
Lower round 1Lower final
1GSouthwest Missouri State9
2GEastern Illinois82GEastern Illinois2
2BAkron1

All-Tournament Team

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Name School
Brent Bartlett Southwest Missouri State
Brett Davis UIC
Greg Faron Southwest Missouri State
Corby Fister Southwest Missouri State
Steve Hall UIC
Jeff Jetel Eastern Illinois
Cory Krueger Southwest Missouri State
John Mallee UIC
Jeff Nelson Eastern Illinois
Jim Phillos UIC
Jeff Rollyson Akron
Kevin Walker UIC

Tournament Most Valuable Player

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Kevin Walker of UIC was named Tournament MVP.

References

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  1. ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
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