1997 Mid-Continent Conference baseball tournament

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The 1997 Mid-Continent Conference Tournament took place from May 9 through 11. The top two regular season finishers of each of the league's two divisions met in the double-elimination tournament hosted by league member Northeastern Illinois in Chicago, Illinois. Troy State won the tournament for the second time.[2]

Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTroy State (2nd title)
Quick facts Teams, Format ...
1997 Mid-Continent Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsTroy State (2nd title)
Winning coachJohn Mayotte (2nd title)
MVPBryan Kelly (Troy State)
  • ← 1996
  • Mid-Con baseball tournament
  • 1998 →
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1997 Mid-Continent Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Troy State  x‍‍‡‍y 8–6 .57136–24 .600
C.W. Post  ‍‍‍ 8–7 .53321–24 .467
NYIT  ‍‍‍ 9–8 .52921–25 .457
Pace  ‍‍‍ 6–6 .50019–18 .514
Central Connecticut  ‍‍‍ 7–8 .46720–16 .556
Youngstown State  ‍‍‍ 8–11 .42129–21 .580
West
Northeastern Illinois  x‍‍‍ 16–7 .69629–29 .500
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10–9 .52613–24 .351
Chicago State  ‍‍‍ 10–12 .45514–35 .286
Valparaiso  ‍‍‍ 6–24 .20020–31 .392
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball
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Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament.

More information Team, W ...
East Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Troy State86.571—1E
C.W. Post87.533.52E
NYIT98.529.5—
Pace66.5001—
Central Connecticut78.4671.5—
Youngstown State811.4212.5—
West Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Northeastern Illinois167.696—1W
Western Illinois109.52642W
Chicago State1012.4555.5—
Valparaiso624.20013.5—
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Tournament

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1ETroy State15
2WWestern Illinois3
1ETroy State5
1WNortheastern Illinois2
1WNortheastern Illinois12
2EC.W. Post3
1ETroy State9
1WNortheastern Illinois3
Lower round 1Lower final
1WNortheastern Illinois7
2WWestern Illinois62EC.W. Post3
2EC.W. Post7

Game-by-game results

More information Game, Winner ...
GameWinnerScoreLoserComment
1(1E) Troy State15–3(2W) Western Illinois
2(1W) Northeastern Illinois12–3(2E) C.W. Post
3(2E) C.W. Post7–6(2W) Western IllinoisWestern Illinois eliminated
4(1E) Troy State5–2(1W) Northeastern Illinois
5(1W) Northeastern Illinois7–3(2E) C.W. PostC.W. Post eliminated
6(1E) Troy State9–3(1W) Northeastern IllinoisTroy State wins Mid-Con Championship
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All-Tournament Team

More information Name, School ...
NameSchool
Tom BlakeC.W. Post
Rhodney DonaldsonTroy
Dan EideTroy
John FodrowskiC.W. Post
Brian HantoshNortheastern Illinois
Jim JasperNortheastern Illinois
Bryan KellyTroy State
Kenny KreyTroy State
Chris LangfordTroy State
Brian QuinnWestern Illinois
Mark RacitiNortheastern Illinois
Jorge SotoTroy State
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Tournament Most Valuable Player

Bryan Kelly of Troy State was named Tournament MVP.

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