1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Detroit (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Bob Miller (1st title) |
| MVP | Dusty Beam (Detroit) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wright State | 16 | – | 8 | .667 | 31 | – | 28 | .525 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit ‡y | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 27 | – | 24 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milwaukee | 13 | – | 11 | .542 | 28 | – | 30 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 22 | – | 29 | .431 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cleveland State | 12 | – | 12 | .500 | 22 | – | 28 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 18 | – | 32 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UIC | 8 | – | 16 | .333 | 18 | – | 32 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1997[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1997 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament took place in May of 1997, near the close of the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball season. The top four finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Wright Stadium on the campus of Wright State in Dayton, Ohio. Second seeded Detroit won their first Horizon League Championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]
Seeding and format
[edit]The league's teams are seeded one through four based on winning percentage, using conference games only. The top seed plays the fourth seed while the second seed plays the third seed in the opening round. Northern Illinois claimed the fourth seed by tiebreaker over Cleveland State.[3]
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wright State | 16 | 8 | .667 | — | 1 |
| Detroit | 15 | 9 | .625 | 1 | 2 |
| Milwaukee | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3 | 3 |
| Northern Illinois | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | 4 |
| Cleveland State | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4 | — |
| Butler | 8 | 16 | .333 | 8 | — |
| UIC | 8 | 16 | .333 | 8 | — |
Bracket and results
[edit]| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Detroit | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Milwaukee | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Detroit | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Detroit | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern Illinois | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Wright State | 10 | 1 | Wright State | 16 | |||||||||
| 3 | Milwaukee | 1 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Pos | Name | School |
|---|---|---|
| P | Casey Sanford | Wright State |
| Chris Andrzejak | Detroit | |
| C | Ryan Tyree | Wright State |
| 1B | Dean Rovinelli | Detroit |
| 2B | Brett Gautcher | Northern Illinois |
| 3B | Ed Gundry | Detroit |
| SS | Dusty Beam | Wright State |
| OF | T.D. Hicks | Wright State |
| Dave Knight | Detroit | |
| Michael Pesci | Detroit | |
| DH | Joe Rodriguez | Northern Illinois |
Most Valuable Player
[edit]Dusty Beam of Wright State was named Most Valuable Player of the Tournament.[4]
References
[edit]- ↑ 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 144. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
- ↑ "1998 Baseball Team". Butler Bulldogs. July 11, 2022. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
- ↑ 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 6. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
- 1 2 2018 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Horizon League. p. 151. Retrieved March 24, 2026.