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The Mid-American Conference baseball tournament is the conference baseball championship of the Mid-American Conference, Division I members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Since 2022, the top four finishers participate in the double-elimination tournament, which is played at the home field of the top seed. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The tournament began in 1981, but was not held from 1984 through 1991. It returned in 1992 and was held annually through 2019. It was scheduled to be played in May 2020, but was cancelled in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. As part of several changes announced in May 2020 related to the pandemic, the tournament was eliminated along with the post-season tournaments of seven other sports, for at least four seasons. The tournament, however, returned in May 2022 after the conference announced in May 2021 that the baseball tournament, along with all other conference tournaments that had been eliminated, would be restored for the 2021–22 athletic season. Kent State has won the most tournament titles with 12, followed by Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan with four each.
The 2007 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. Top seeded TCU won their second straight and second overall Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–8 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2006 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 27. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl Wilson Stadium. In their first year in the league, top seeded TCU won their first Mountain West Conference Baseball Championship with a championship game score of 9–6 and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2013 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 26. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at California State University, Fresno's Pete Beiden Field. It was Fresno State's first year in the league after joining from the Western Athletic Conference. San Diego State won the tournament for the second time, earning the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2014 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 through 25. All seven of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at University of Nevada, Las Vegas's Earl E. Wilson Stadium. This is San Jose State's first year in the league after joining from the Western Athletic Conference. San Diego State won the tournament, earning the Mountain West's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2015 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament will take place from May 21 through 25. All seven of the league's teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at University of Nevada, Reno's William Peccole Park. The winner of the tournament will earn the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2016 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament will take place from May 25 through 29. All seven of the league's teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at University of New Mexico's Santa Ana Star Field. The winner of the tournament will earn the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2017 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 28 at Santa Ana Star Field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, home field of the conference's regular-season champion New Mexico. The conference's top four teams from the regular season met in a double-elimination tournament. The winner of the tournament, San Diego State, earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2018 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 27. Nevada, San Diego State, San José State, and UNLV met in the double-elimination tournament held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, California. San Diego State earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 Sun Belt Conference baseball tournament will be held at Springs Brooks Stadium on the campus of the Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, from May 21st to May 26th, 2019. The tournament will again use a double-elimination format. The winner of the tournament will earn the Sun Belt Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 Southwestern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held at Wesley Barrow Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, from May 15 through 19. The winner of the tournament, Southern, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 West Coast Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 through 25 at Banner Island Ballpark in Stockton, California. The four team, double-elimination tournament winner, Loyola Marymount, earned the league's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 Horizon League baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. All six of the league's teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at the home field of the regular season champion. The winner of the tournament, UIC, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 Ohio Valley Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 26. The top eight regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament, held at Rent One Park in Marion, Illinois. The tournament champion, Jacksonville State, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament Among current members, Austin Peay has won the most championships, with six, while Belmont, SIU Edwardsville ,and Tennessee–Martin have never won championships. The tournament began in 1979.
The 2019 Northeast Conference baseball tournament began on May 23 and end on May 26 at Senator Thomas J. Dodd Memorial Stadium in Norwich, Connecticut. The league's top four finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. The tournament winner, Central Connecticut, earned the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Central Connecticut has won the most tournament championships among current members, while Fairleigh Dickinson has never won a championship. LIU Brooklyn won their first title in 2018.
The 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. The top six regular season finishers of the league's ten teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, Ohio. The winner of the tournament, Central Michigan, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 18 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Florida A&M, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Bethune-Cookman had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015, and Savannah State in 2013.
The 2019 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 25. The top six regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Richmond County Bank Ballpark in Staten Island, New York. The tournament champion, Quinnipiac, earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2022 Mountain West Conference baseball tournament will take place from May 26 through 29. The top four of the league's seven teams will meet in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Tony Gwynn Stadium in San Diego, California. The Air Force Falcons won the tournament and earned the Mountain West Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. It will be the Falcons' first time representing the Mountain West in the NCAA tournament and their first appearance overall since 1969.
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- ↑ "Mountain West Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
- ↑ Jim Krajewski (December 7, 2018). "Nevada will host Mountain West baseball championship in 2019". Reno Gazette-Journal . Reno, NV. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ↑ "2018-19 MW Championships Schedule". themwc.com. Retrieved December 17, 2018.