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1994 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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1994 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (1st title)
Winning coachDean Kreiner (1st title)
MVPTim Fails (Kent State)
1994 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
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

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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
Kent State 18 7 .720
1
Ohio 18 10 .643
1.5
2
Bowling Green 16 10 .615
2.5
3
Central Michigan 18 12 .600
2.5
4
Western Michigan 18 12 .600
2.5
Eastern Michigan 15 12 .556
4
Toledo 12 16 .429
7.5
Akron 10 16 .385
8.5
Miami 9 21 .300
11.5
Ball State 4 22 .154
14.5

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Kent State1
4Central Michigan2
4Central Michigan5
2Ohio1
2Ohio7
3Bowling Green6
4Central Michigan511
1Kent State4
Lower round 1Lower final
2Ohio7
1Kent State51Kent State9
3Bowling Green1

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
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

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Tim Fails won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Fails played for Kent State.[4]

References

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  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. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.