1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference Tournament

The 1998 Midwestern Collegiate Conference baseball tournament was held at Les Miller Field in Chicago, IL. #1 Butler University defeated #2 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for the title. Eric Storey of Butler was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Butler University	13-5	Steve Farley
2	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	14-6	Jerry Augustine
3	University of Detroit Mercy	10-8	Bob Miller
4	Wright State University	9-11	Ron Nischwitz
5	Cleveland State University	8-11	Jay Murphy
6	University of Illinois at Chicago	3-16	Dean Refakes

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Butler	7
	3	Detroit Mercy	9			3	Detroit Mercy	0
	6	Ill.-Chicago	2								1	Butler	5
											2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	4
						2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	11
	4	Wright St.	2			5	Cleveland St.	4
	5	Cleveland St.	3													1	Butler	6	x
																2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	2	x
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	5	Cleveland St.	6
	6	Ill.-Chicago	5								2	Wisc.-Milwaukee	6
						5	Cleveland St.	7			3	Detroit Mercy	1
						3	Detroit Mercy	8
	3	Detroit Mercy	5
	4	Wright St.	4

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Cleveland State University	3-2	Wright State University
Game 2	University of Detroit Mercy	9-2	University of Illinois at Chicago
Game 3	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	11-4	Cleveland State University
Game 4	Butler University	7-0	University of Detroit Mercy
Game 5	Cleveland State University	6-5	University of Illinois at Chicago	Illinois Chicago eliminated
Game 6	University of Detroit Mercy	5-4	Wright State University	Wright State eliminated
Game 7	Butler University	5-4 (13)	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Game 8	University of Detroit Mercy	8-7	Cleveland State University	Cleveland State eliminated
Game 9	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	6-1	University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit eliminated
Game 10	Butler University	6-2	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	Butler wins Midwestern Collegiate Conference title

All-Tournament Team

• P Ryan Harber, Butler
• P Mike Casper, Milwaukee
• C Lee Jaramillo, Milwaukee
• 1B Jeff Haase, Cleveland State
• 2B Greg Toll, Milwaukee
• 3B Eric Storey, Butler
• SS Blair Hayward, Butler
• OF Mike Pesci, Detroit
• OF Josh Wilke, Butler
• OF Eric Lubarsky, Milwaukee