2010 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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2010 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Kent State  (8th title)
Winning coach Scott Stricklin  (3rd title)
MVP Justin Gill (Kent State)
2010 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East Division
Kent State  xy189 .6673925 .609
Bowling Green  x189 .6673123 .574
Miami  1314 .4812828 .500
Ohio  1314 .4812035 .364
Buffalo  918 .3332429 .453
Akron  324 .1112134 .382
West Division
Central Michigan  x207 .7413622 .621
Toledo  198 .7043422 .607
Ball State  198 .7042929 .500
Eastern Michigan  1314 .4812732 .458
Northern Illinois  1215 .4442431 .436
Western Michigan  522 .1851242 .222
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 7, 2010 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2010 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 29. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. Kent State won their second consecutive tournament, and eighth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [2] [3]

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Seeding

The winners of each division claim the top two seeds, with the next six teams, based on conference winning percentage claim the third through eight seeds. Kent State claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Bowling Green, while Toledo claimed the third seed over Ball State. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a final matching the winners of each bracket. [4]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State 189.667
2
Bowling Green 189.667
5
Miami 1314.481
5
6
Ohio 1314.481
5
8
Buffalo 918.333
9
Akron 324.111
15
West Division
Central Michigan 207.741
1
Toledo 198.704
1
3
Ball State 198.704
1
4
Eastern Michigan 1314.481
7
7
Northern Illinois 1215.444
8
Western Michigan 522.185
15

Results

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
1 Central Michigan 13
8 Ohio 9
1Central Michigan8
5Bowling Green1
4 Ball State 4
5 Bowling Green 6
1Central Michigan39
5Bowling Green78
8Ohio10
4Ball State135Bowling Green7
4Ball State4
1Central Michigan3
2 Kent State 4
2Kent State5
7 Eastern Michigan 12
7Eastern Michigan7
3Toledo6
3 Toledo 7
6 Miami 1
7Eastern Michigan18
2Kent State159
2Kent State9
6Miami23Toledo3
2Kent State4

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [5]

NameSchool
Dennis VaughnBowling Green
Todd GravesEastern Michigan
Andrew MarshallEastern Michigan
Bryce MorrowCentral Michigan
Scott PhillionCentral Michigan
James TeasCentral Michigan
Travis Shaw Kent State
Jared HumphreysKent State
Ben KlafczynskiKent State
Justin GillKent State

Most Valuable Player

Justin Gill won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Gill was a pitcher for Kent State. [5]

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