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1991 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

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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]

1991 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsAkron (1st title)
Winning coachDave Fross (1st title)
MVPLarry Rubin (UIC)
  • ← 1990
  • Mid-Con baseball tournament
  • 1992 →
1991 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
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
‡ – Tournament champion
As of June 30, 1991[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

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

Blue Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Akron 12 5 .706 — 1B
UIC 11 6 .647 1 2B
Valparaiso 7 8 .467 4 3B
Cleveland State 2 10 .167 7.5 —
Gray Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Eastern Illinois 9 2 .818 — 1G
Western Illinois 5 5 .500 3.5 2G
Northern Iowa 1 9 .100 7.5 3G

Tournament

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Bracket to be included

Game-by-game results

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Game Winner Score Loser Comment
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

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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

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Larry Rubin of UIC was named Tournament MVP.

References

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  1. ^ 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved July 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
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