1994 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Central Michigan (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Dean Kreiner (1st title) |
| MVP | Tim Fails (Kent State) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 29 Kent State †y | 18 | – | 7 | .720 | 33 | – | 17 | .660 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 18 | – | 10 | .643 | 34 | – | 19 | .642 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green | 16 | – | 10 | .615 | 29 | – | 18 | .617 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan ‡y | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 38 | – | 21 | .644 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | 30 | – | 23 | .566 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | 29 | – | 27 | .518 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 12 | – | 16 | .429 | 23 | – | 31 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 10 | – | 16 | .385 | 29 | – | 25 | .537 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | 18 | – | 36 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 4 | – | 22 | .154 | 17 | – | 32 | .347 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 1994[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1994 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1994. 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 sixth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Central Michigan won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
Seeding and format
[edit]The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Central Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Western Michigan by tiebreaker.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
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| Kent State | 18 | 7 | .720 | – |
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| Ohio | 18 | 10 | .643 | 1.5 |
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| Bowling Green | 16 | 10 | .615 | 2.5 |
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| Central Michigan | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.5 |
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| Western Michigan | 18 | 12 | .600 | 2.5 |
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| Eastern Michigan | 15 | 12 | .556 | 4 |
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| Toledo | 12 | 16 | .429 | 7.5 |
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| Akron | 10 | 16 | .385 | 8.5 |
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| Miami | 9 | 21 | .300 | 11.5 |
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| Ball State | 4 | 22 | .154 | 14.5 |
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Results
[edit]| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Central Michigan | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Central Michigan | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Bowling Green | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Central Michigan | 511 | — | |||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 4 | — | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Kent State | 5 | 1 | Kent State | 9 | |||||||||
| 3 | Bowling Green | 1 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Name | School |
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| Travis Miller | Kent State |
| Mike Snopkowski | Ohio |
| Tim Fails | Kent State |
| Sean Freeman | Kent State |
| Kevin Young | Central Michigan |
| Kevin Zellers | Kent State |
| Tony Carroll | Central Michigan |
| Andy Kruger | Central Michigan |
| Steve Smetana | Kent State |
| Chris Mongriardo | Kent State |
Most Valuable Player
[edit]Tim Fails won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Fails played for Kent State.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
- ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.