1985 Metro Conference Tournament

The 1985 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #1 Florida State University defeated #2 University of South Carolina for the title. Richie Lewis of Florida State was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Florida State University	17-6	Mike Martin
2	University of South Carolina	12-6	June Raines
3	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	11-6	Chuck Hartman
4	Memphis State University	9-5	Bobby Kilpatrick
5	University of Cincinnati	8-12	Tom Higgins
6	Tulane University	6-10	Joe Brockhoff
7	University of Southern Mississippi	5-12	Hill Denson
8	University of Louisville	5-11	John Mason

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
	1	Florida State	11
	8	Louisville	3
						1	Florida State	5
						3	Virginia Tech	8
	3	Virginia Tech	16
	6	Tulane	8
											3	Virginia Tech	6
											2	South Carolina	9
	2	South Carolina	13
	7	Southern Miss	1
						2	South Carolina	19
						4	Memphis State	8
	4	Memphis State	18
	5	Cincinnati	4
						Loser's bracket
						8	Louisville	6
						6	Tulane	11			4	Memphis State	7
											6	Tulane	8
						7	Southern Miss	9
						5	Cincinnati	11			1	Florida State	24
											5	Cincinnati	0

	Semifinals					Elimination					Final
	Re-ordered Semifinals
	2	South Carolina	5								2	South Carolina	5
	1	Florida State	7								1	Florida State	11
						1	Florida State	3
						3	Virginia Tech	1
	3	Virginia Tech	14
	6	Tulane	12

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 9
Game 1	University of South Carolina	13-1	University of Southern Mississippi
Game 2	Memphis State University	18-4	University of Cincinnati
Game 3	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	16-8	Tulane University
Game 4	Florida State University	11-3	University of Louisville
May 10
Game 5	University of Cincinnati	11-9	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Miss eliminated
Game 6	University of South Carolina	19-8	Memphis State University
Game 7	Tulane University	11-6	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 8	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	8-5	Florida State University
Game 9	Florida State University	24-0	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 10	Tulane University	8-7	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
May 11
Game 11	University of South Carolina	9-6	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 12	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	14-12	Tulane University	Tulane eliminated
Game 13	Florida State University	7-5	University of South Carolina
May 12
Game 14	Florida State University	3-1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 15	Florida State University	11-5	University of South Carolina	Florida State advances to NCAA tournament