1987 Missouri Valley Conference Tournament

The 1987 Missouri Valley Conference baseball tournament was held May 14-17 in Wichita, KS. #1 Wichita State University defeated #3 Indiana State University for the title. Tim Raley of Wichita State was named tournament MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Wichita State University	13-7	Gene Stephenson
2	Bradley University	11-9	Dewey Kalmer
3	Indiana State University	10-10	Bob Warn
4	Southern Illinois University	10-10	Richard "Itch" Jones
5	Creighton University	9-11	Jim Hendry
6	Illinois State University	7-13	Duffy Bass

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semi-finals					Finals
	1	Wichita State	4
	6	Illinois State	1			1	Wichita State	6
						4	Southern Illinois	4
	2	Bradley	1								1	Wichita State	10
	5	Creighton	8								3	Indiana State	11
						5	Creighton	8													3	Indiana State	3	4
						3	Indiana State	12													1	Wichita State	4	18
	3	Indiana State	6													1	Wichita State	4
	4	Southern Illinois	1								5	Creighton	8			5	Creighton	1
						6	Illinois State	2			2	Bradley	5
						2	Bradley	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 14
Game 1	Wichita State University	4-1	Illinois State University
Game 2	Creighton University	8-1	Bradley University
Game 3	Indiana State University	6-1	Southern Illinois University
May 15
Game 4	Indiana State University	12-8	Creighton University
Game 5	Wichita State University	6-4	Southern Illinois University	Southern Illinois eliminated
Game 6	Bradley University	5-2	Illinois State University	Illinois State eliminated
May 16
Game 7	Creighton University	8-5	Bradley University	Bradley eliminated
Game 8	Indiana State University	11-10	Wichita State University
Game 9	Wichita State University	4-1	Creighton University	Creighton eliminated
May 17
Game 10	Wichita State University	4-3	Indiana State University
Game 11	Wichita State University	18-4	Indiana State University	Wichita State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• 1B Dave Fleita, Creighton
• 2B Mitch Hannahs, Indiana State
• 3B Boi Rodriguez, Indiana State
• SS Dan Roman, Indiana State
• OF Tim Raley, Wichita State
• OF Kent Headley, Wichita State
• OF Bob Zeihen, Indiana State
• C Eric Wedge, Wichita State
• DH Gary Selvera, Creighton
• P Mike Gardiner, Indiana State
• P David Haas, Wichita State