1996 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1996 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1996
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Gene Michael Field
Kent, OH
Champions Akron (1st title)
Winning coach Dave Fross (1st title)
MVP Dave Yoder (Akron)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1995  1997»
1996 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Kent State † 21 – 7 – 0   .750     30 – 20 – 0   .600
Ohio 21 – 11 – 0   .656     34 – 23 – 0   .596
Toledo 18 – 14 – 0   .563     27 – 27 – 0   .500
Akron ‡y 18 – 14 – 0   .563     37 – 23 – 0   .617
Ball State 16 – 14 – 0   .533     32 – 20 – 1   .613
Central Michigan 16 – 14 – 0   .533     31 – 20 – 0   .608
Eastern Michigan 16 – 16 – 0   .500     26 – 29 – 0   .473
Bowling Green 14 – 17 – 0   .452     28 – 22 – 0   .560
Western Michigan 10 – 21 – 0   .323     17 – 34 – 0   .333
Miami 5 – 27 – 0   .156     12 – 40 – 0   .231
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1996 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1996. 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 eighth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Akron won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Toledo claimed the third seed over Akron by tiebreaker.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Kent State 21 7 .750
–
1
Ohio 21 11 .656
2
2
Toledo 18 14 .563
5
3
Akron 18 14 .563
5
4
Ball State 16 14 .533
6
–
Central Michigan 16 14 .533
6
–
Eastern Michigan 16 16 .500
7
–
Bowling Green 14 17 .452
8.5
–
Western Michigan 10 21 .323
12.5
–
Miami 5 27 .156
18
–

Results

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Kent State 1  
4  Akron 4  
  4  Akron 6  
  2  Ohio 4  
2  Ohio 3
3  Toledo 2  
  4  Akron 15 —
  2  Ohio 6 —
1  Kent State 2  
3  Toledo 7  
  2  Ohio 6
  3  Toledo 4  

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Todd Maynard Akron
Brady Gick Ohio
Jay Bartos Akron
Ron Warga Toledo
Steve Smetana Kent State
Damon Wilcox Ohio
Dave Yoder Akron
Mike Goldstein Ohio
Brian Petrucci Akron
Mike Doerbecker Akron

Most Valuable Player

Dave Yoder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Yoder played for Akron.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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