| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Ball State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Rich Maloney (1st title) |
| MVP | Adam Tellier (Ball State) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| 2023 Mid-American Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State † | 24 | – | 6 | .800 | 40 | – | 14 | .741 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 31 | – | 21 | .596 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State ‡y | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | 33 | – | 21 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 18 | – | 11 | .621 | 21 | – | 29 | .420 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | 19 | – | 30 | .388 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | 26 | – | 29 | .473 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 21 | – | 35 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | 20 | – | 30 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 27 | – | 26 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 21 | – | 34 | .382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 5 | – | 24 | .172 | 10 | – | 43 | .189 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 20, 2023 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 24 through 27, 2023. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eleven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Schoonover Stadium in Kent, Ohio, the home field of Kent State who won the 2023 regular season conference title. [2]
Ball State won the tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3] [4]
The top four teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W–L | Pct | GB | Seed | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kent State | 24–6 | .800 | - | 1 | |
| Central Michigan | 19–11 | .633 | 5 | 2 | CMU 3–0 v. Ball State |
| Ball State | 19–11 | .633 | 5 | 3 | Ball State 0–3 v. CMU |
| Western Michigan | 18–11 | .621 | 5.5 | 4 | |
| Ohio | 15–15 | .500 | 9 | - | |
| Toledo | 14–16 | .467 | 10 | - | |
| Bowling Green | 13–17 | .433 | 11 | - | BGSU 2–1 vs. Miami |
| Miami | 13–17 | .433 | 11 | - | Miami 1–2 vs. BGSU |
| Eastern Michigan | 12–18 | .400 | 12 | - | EMU 2–1 vs. Akron |
| Akron | 12–18 | .400 | 12 | - | Akron 1–2 vs. EMU |
| Northern Illinois | 5–24 | .172 | 18.5 | - |
| MAC tournament teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Kent State Golden Flashes | (2) Central Michigan Chippewas | (3) Ball State Cardinals | (4) Western Michigan Broncos |
| First Round May 24 | Semifinal May 25 | Championship May 27 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Western Michigan | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Central Michigan | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State | 12 | - | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 9 | - | |||||||||||
| Losers Bracket Semifinal May 25 | Losers Bracket Final May 26 | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Western Michigan | 2 | 2 | Central Michigan | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 | Central Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 24 | ||||||
| 1 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 4 Western Michigan | 6–4 | ESPN+ | 313 [5] | |
| 2 | 4:00 pm | No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State | 6–7 | 162 [6] | ||
| Thursday, May 25 | ||||||
| 3 | 12:30 pm | No. 2 Central Michigan vs. No. 4 Western Michigan Elimination Game | 5–2 | ESPN+ | 121 [7] | |
| 4 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State | 1–6 | 539 [8] | ||
| Friday, May 26 | ||||||
| 5 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 2 Central Michigan Elimination Game | 10–2 | ESPN+ | 309 [9] | |
| Saturday, May 27 | ||||||
| 6 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 3 Ball State Championship Game | 9–12 | ESPN+ | 487 [10] | |
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Jacob Hartlaub (4-2) LP: Mitchell Scott (2-2) Home runs: BALL: Adam Tellier, Blake Bevis, Logan Flood KENT: Justin Miknis Attendance: 487 Umpires: Sal Giacomantonio (HP), Kyle Reese (1B), James Muhleck (2B), Andy Dudones (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [11]
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Cade Sullivan | Western Michigan |
| Garrett Navara | Central Michigan |
| Christian Mitchelle | Central Michigan |
| Aidan Longwell | Kent State |
| Kyle Jackson | Kent State |
| Collin Mathews | Kent State |
| Ryan Peltier | Ball State |
| Adam Tellier (MVP) | Ball State |
| Decker Scheffler | Ball State |
| Trennor O'Donnell | Ball State |
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.
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