1988 Metro Conference Tournament

The 1988 Metro Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #2 Florida State University defeated #1 University of South Carolina for the title. Ed Alicea of Florida State was named Most Outstanding Player.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	University of South Carolina	14-3	June Raines
2	Florida State University	12-6	Mike Martin
3	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	11-6	Chuck Hartman
4	University of Southern Mississippi	9-6	Hill Denson
5	Memphis State University	6-8	Bobby Kilpatrick
6	University of Cincinnati	7-10	Jim Schmitz
7	University of Louisville	3-15	John Mason

Results

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Third round
	1	South Carolina
		bye
						1	South Carolina	4
						4	Southern Miss.	2
	4	Southern Miss.	11
	5	Memphis St.	4
											1	South Carolina	3
											2	Florida St.	9
	2	Florida St.	18
	7	Louisville	4
						2	Florida St.	9
						3	Virginia Tech	6
	3	Virginia Tech	8
	6	Cincinnati	1
						Loser's bracket
							xx
							xx				3	Virginia Tech	1
											5	Memphis St.	6
						7	Louisville	9
						6	Cincinnati	11			4	Southern Miss.	10
											6	Cincinnati	1

	Semifinals					Finals
	2	Florida St.	4
	5	Memphis St.	2
						2	Florida St.	9
						1	South Carolina	1
	1	South Carolina	6
	4	Southern Miss.	2

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 18
Game 1	University of Southern Mississippi	11-4	Memphis State University
Game 2	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	8-1	University of Cincinnati
Game 3	Florida State University	18-4	University of Louisville
May 19
Game 4	University of Cincinnati	11-9	University of Louisville	Louisville eliminated
Game 5	Florida State University	9-6	Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Game 6	University of South Carolina	4-2	University of Southern Mississippi
May 20
Game 7	Memphis State University	6-1	Virginia Polytechnic Institute	Virginia Tech eliminated
Game 8	University of Southern Mississippi	10-1	University of Cincinnati	Cincinnati eliminated
Game 9	Florida State University	9-3	University of South Carolina
May 21
Game 10	University of South Carolina	6-2	University of Southern Mississippi	Southern Miss eliminated
Game 11	Florida State University	4-2	Memphis State University	Memphis State eliminated
Game 12	Florida State University	9-1	University of South Carolina	Florida State advances to NCAA tournament