1991 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:1991
Conference:Mid-Continent Conference
Shortconference:Mid-Con
Teams:6
Format:Double-elimination
City:Chicago
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Dave Fross
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Larry Rubin
Mvpteam:UIC

The 1991 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 10 through 13. The top 4 regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held in Chicago, Illinois. won the tournament for the first and only time.[1]

Format and seeding

The top three teams from each division advanced to the tournament. With four teams in the Blue Division, only did not participate.

+ Blue Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
12 5 .706 1B
11 6 .647 1 2B
7 8 .467 4 3B
2 10 .167 7.5
+ Gray Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
9 2 .818 1G
5 5 .500 3.5 2G
1 9 .100 7.5 3G

Tournament

Bracket to be included

Game-by-game results

Game Winner Score Loser Comment
1 (1B) 4–0 (2G)
2 (2B) 12–6 (3G)
3 (1G) 11–7 (3B)
4 (2G) 12–4 (3G) Northern Iowa eliminated
5 (1B) 3–2 (1G)
6 (3B) 12–11 (2B)
7 (2G) 11–2 (3B) Valparaiso eliminated
8 (2B) 11–7 (1G) Eastern Illinois eliminated
9 (1B) 6–5 (2G) Western Illinois eliminated
10 2B 6–5 (1B)
11 1B 10–9 (2B) Akron wins Mid-Con Championship

All-Tournament Team

Name School
Bob Bortz Valparaiso
Steve Hall Akron
Mike Kimler Akron
Adam Kocik Akron
Kelly Kropp UIC
R.C. Lichtenstein UIC
John Mallee UIC
Ken Manning Valparaiso
Steve Muller Valparaiso
Ron Nuñez Western Illinois
Brad Owens Western Illinois
Larry Rubin UIC

Tournament Most Valuable Player

Larry Rubin of UIC was named Tournament MVP.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Summit League Baseball Record Book. Summit League. July 20, 2022.