1996 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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1996 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Gene Michael Field
  • Kent, OH
ChampionsAkron (1st title)
Winning coach (1st title)
MVPDave Yoder (Akron)
1996 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Kent State  ‍†‍‍ 21 – 7 – 0   .750 30 – 20 – 0   .600
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 21 – 11 – 0   .656 34 – 23 – 0   .596
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 18 – 14 – 0   .563 27 – 27 – 0   .500
Akron  ‍‍‡‍y 18 – 14 – 0   .563 37 – 23 – 0   .617
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 32 – 20 – 1   .613
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16 – 14 – 0   .533 31 – 20 – 0   .608
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16 – 16 – 0   .500 26 – 29 – 0   .473
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 14 – 17 – 0   .452 28 – 22 – 0   .560
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 10 – 21 – 0   .323 17 – 34 – 0   .333
Miami  ‍‍‍ 5 – 27 – 0   .156 12 – 40 – 0   .231
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1996. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the eighth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Akron won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format[]

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Toledo claimed the third seed over Akron by tiebreaker.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Kent State 21 7 .750
–
1
Ohio 21 11 .656
2
2
Toledo 18 14 .563
5
3
Akron 18 14 .563
5
4
Ball State 16 14 .533
6
–
Central Michigan 16 14 .533
6
–
Eastern Michigan 16 16 .500
7
–
Bowling Green 14 17 .452
8.5
–
Western Michigan 10 21 .323
12.5
–
Miami 5 27 .156
18
–

Results[]

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Kent State 1  
4 Akron 4  
  4 Akron 6  
  2 Ohio 4  
2 Ohio 3
3 Toledo 2  
  4 Akron 15 —
  2 Ohio 6 —
1 Kent State 2  
3 Toledo 7  
  2 Ohio 6
  3 Toledo 4  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Name School
Todd Maynard Akron
Brady Gick Ohio
Jay Bartos Akron
Ron Warga Toledo
Steve Smetana Kent State
Damon Wilcox Ohio
Dave Yoder Akron
Mike Goldstein Ohio
Brian Petrucci Akron
Mike Doerbecker Akron

Most Valuable Player[]

Dave Yoder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Yoder played for Akron.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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