1981 Metro Conference Tournament

The 1981 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #3 Florida State University defeated #4 Tulane University for the title. Mike Fuentes of Florida State was named Most Outstanding Player for the second year in a row.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	10-2	Chuck Hartman
2	Memphis State University	7-5	Bobby Kilpatrick
3	Florida State University	10-4	Mike Martin
4	Tulane University	2-4	Joe Brockhoff
5	University of Louisville	6-7	John Boles
6	Saint Louis University	3-7	Lyle Reuss
7	University of Cincinnati		Glenn Sample

* Seedings were based on records versus division-I opponents.

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Virginia Tech	12
						4	Tulane	14
	4	Tulane	5
	5	Louisville	1
											4	Tulane	6
											3	Florida State	2
	2	Memphis State	13
	7	Cincinnati	7
						2	Memphis State	0
						3	Florida State	11
	3	Florida State	15
	6	Saint Louis	3																		4	Tulane	4	5
																					3	Florida State	22	15
	Loser's Bracket
	7	Cincinnati	4
	6	Saint Louis	3			1	Virginia Tech	24
						7	Cincinnati	10
											1	Virginia Tech	8
											2	Memphis State	9			3	Florida State	7
						2	Memphis State	15								2	Memphis State	3
						5	Louisville	3

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 14
Game 1	Memphis State University	13-7	University of Cincinnati
Game 2	Tulane University	5-1	University of Louisville
Game 3	Florida State University	15-3	Saint Louis University
May 15
Game 4	University of Cincinnati	4-3	Saint Louis University	Saint Louis eliminated
Game 5	Tulane University	14-12	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 6	Florida State University	11-0	Memphis State University
Game 7	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	24-10	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 8	Memphis State University	15-3	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
May 16
Game 9	Tulane University	6-2	Florida State University
Game 10	Memphis State University	9-8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 11	Florida State University	7-3	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
May 17
Game 12	Florida State University	22-4	Tulane University
Game 13	Florida State University	15-5	Tulane University	Florida State advances to NCAA tournament