1985 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball tournament

The 1985 Association of Mid-Continent Universities Tournament took place from May 10 through 12. The top 4 regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Monier Field, home of the Eastern Illinois in Charleston, Illinois. Southwest Missouri State won the tournament for the second time.^[2]

1985 Association of Mid-Continent Universities
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Monier Field Charleston, Illinois
Champions	Southwest Missouri State (2nd title)
Winning coach	Keith Guttin (2nd title)
← 1984 AMCU baseball tournament 1986 →

1985 Association of Mid-Continent Universities baseball standings

v t e	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Blue Division
Valparaiso  ^x‍‍‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			35	–	21	–	1		.623
Cleveland State  ‍‍‍	4	–	4	–	0		.500			23	–	30	–	2		.436
UIC  ‍‍‍	3	–	5	–	0		.375			28	–	41	–	1		.407
Gray Division
Eastern Illinois  ^x‍‍‍	8	–	0	–	0		1.000			33	–	14	–	1		.698
Southwest Missouri State  ‍‍‡‍	5	–	3	–	0		.625			24	–	16	–	0		.600
Western Illinois  ‍‍‍	7	–	5	–	0		.583			25	–	14	–	1		.638
Northern Iowa  ‍‍‍	0	–	12	–	0		.000			15	–	32	–	0		.319
‡ – Tournament champion As of June 30, 1985^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division advanced to the tournament. The top seed from each division played the second seed from the opposite division in the second round.

Blue Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed Valparaiso 5 3 .625 — 1B Cleveland State 4 4 .500 1 2B UIC 3 5 .375 2 —

Gray Division Team W L Pct. GB Seed Eastern Illinois 8 0 1.000 — 1G Southwest Missouri State 5 3 .625 3 2G Western Illinois 7 5 .583 3 — Northern Iowa 0 12 .000 10 —

Tournament

First round

Semi-finals

Finals

1B

Valparaiso

1

2G

Southwest Missouri State

2

2G

Southwest Missouri State

4

1G

Eastern Illinois

2

1G

Eastern Illinois

5

2B

Cleveland State

2

2G

Southwest Missouri State

3

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1G

Eastern Illinois

2

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Lower round 1

Lower final

1G

Eastern Illinois

11

1B

Valparaiso

17

1B

Valparaiso

2

2B

Cleveland State

7

References

1. 2021 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
2. "Summit League Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Summit League. Retrieved November 4, 2021.