1996 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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1996 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Akron  (1st title)
Winning coach Dave Fross  (1st title)
MVP Dave Yoder (Akron)
1996 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Kent State  2170 .75030200 .600
Ohio  21110 .65634230 .596
Toledo  18140 .56327270 .500
Akron  y18140 .56337230 .617
Ball State  16140 .53332201 .613
Central Michigan  16140 .53331200 .608
Eastern Michigan  16160 .50026290 .473
Bowling Green  14170 .45228220 .560
Western Michigan  10210 .32317340 .333
Miami  5270 .15612400 .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]

Contents

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Kent State 217.750
1
Ohio 2111.656
2
2
Toledo 1814.563
5
3
Akron 1814.563
5
4
Ball State 1614.533
6
Central Michigan 1614.533
6
Eastern Michigan 1616.500
7
Bowling Green 1417.452
8.5
Western Michigan 1021.323
12.5
Miami 527.156
18

Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Kent State 1
4 Akron 4
4Akron6
2Ohio4
2 Ohio 3
3 Toledo 2
4Akron
2Ohio
Lower round 1Lower final
2Ohio6
1Kent State23Toledo4
3Toledo7

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Todd MaynardAkron
Brady GickOhio
Jay BartosAkron
Ron WargaToledo
Steve SmetanaKent State
Damon WilcoxOhio
Dave YoderAkron
Mike GoldsteinOhio
Brian PetrucciAkron
Mike DoerbeckerAkron

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 October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.