1991 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Akron (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Dave Fross (1st title) |
| MVP | Larry Rubin (UIC) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Blue Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron x‡ | 12 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .706 | 38 | – | 21 | – | 1 | .642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 11 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .647 | 25 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .455 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valparaiso | 7 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .467 | 20 | – | 39 | – | 2 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 2 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .167 | 19 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .463 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gray Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois x | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | .818 | 27 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .500 | 21 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .477 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Iowa | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .100 | 13 | – | 44 | – | 0 | .228 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – champion As of June 30, 1991[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. Akron won the tournament for the first and only time.[2]
Format and seeding
The top three teams from each division advanced to the tournament. With four teams in the Blue Division, only Cleveland State did not participate.
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Tournament
Bracket to be included
Game-by-game results
| Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Comment |
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| 1 | (1B) Akron | 4–0 | (2G) Western Illinois | |
| 2 | (2B) UIC | 12–6 | (3G) Northern Iowa | |
| 3 | (1G) Eastern Illinois | 11–7 | (3B) Valparaiso | |
| 4 | (2G) Western Illinois | 12–4 | (3G) Northern Iowa | Northern Iowa eliminated |
| 5 | (1B) Akron | 3–2 | (1G) Eastern Illinois | |
| 6 | (3B) Valparaiso | 12–11 | (2B) UIC | |
| 7 | (2G) Western Illinois | 11–2 | (3B) Valparaiso | Valparaiso eliminated |
| 8 | (2B) UIC | 11–7 | (1G) Eastern Illinois | Eastern Illinois eliminated |
| 9 | (1B) Akron | 6–5 | (2G) Western Illinois | Western Illinois eliminated |
| 10 | 2B UIC | 6–5 | (1B) Akron | |
| 11 | 1B Akron | 10–9 | (2B) UIC | Akron wins Mid-Con Championship |
All-Tournament Team
| Name | School |
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| 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.
References
- ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
- ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved July 20, 2022.