1998 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1998 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1998
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Warren E. Steller Field
Bowling Green, OH
Champions Bowling Green (1st title)
Winning coach Danny Schmitz (1st title)
MVP Bob Niemet (Bowling Green)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1997  1999»
1998 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
East
Bowling Green x‡y 17 – 10 – 0   .630     34 – 21 – 0   .618
Kent State 17 – 12 – 0   .586     27 – 28 – 0   .491
Miami 17 – 13 – 0   .567     33 – 26 – 0   .559
Ohio 13 – 17 – 0   .433     31 – 24 – 0   .564
Akron 10 – 18 – 0   .357     20 – 31 – 0   .392
Marshall 9 – 21 – 0   .300     18 – 35 – 0   .340
West
Ball State x 23 – 8 – 0   .742     39 – 18 – 0   .684
Central Michigan 23 – 9 – 0   .719     34 – 25 – 0   .576
Western Michigan 16 – 16 – 0   .500     26 – 29 – 0   .473
Eastern Michigan 14 – 16 – 0   .467     27 – 27 – 0   .500
Toledo 13 – 17 – 0   .433     20 – 32 – 0   .385
Northern Illinois 8 – 23 – 0   .258     10 – 30 – 1   .256
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1998 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1998. The top three regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Warren E. Steller Field on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This was the tenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the east, Bowling Green, won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. With the addition of Marshall and return of Northern Illinois to the league, the conference divided again into East and West Divisions and expanded the tournament field to six. All previous tournaments consisted of four participating teams.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Bowling Green 17 10 .630
–
1E
Kent State 17 12 .586
1
2E
Miami 17 13 .567
1.5
3E
Ohio 13 17 .433
5.5
–
Akron 10 18 .357
7.5
–
Marshall 9 21 .300
9.5
–
West Division
Ball State 23 8 .742
–
1W
Central Michigan 23 9 .719
.5
2W
Western Michigan 16 16 .500
7.5
3W
Eastern Michigan 14 16 .467
8.5
–
Toledo 13 17 .433
10.5
–
Northern Illinois 8 23 .258
15
–

Results

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1E  Bowling Green 9  
  3W  Western Michigan 7     1E  Bowling Green 3  
    3E  Kent State 1    
  2W  Ball State 4         1E  Bowling Green 6            
  2E  Miami 7           2E  Miami 11              
      2E  Miami 6           2E  Miami 0 6
      1W  Central Michigan 5         1E  Bowling Green 6 7
  1W  Central Michigan 8         1E  Bowling Green 10    
  3E  Kent State 0       1W  Central Michigan 3     3W  Western Michigan 1  
  3W  Western Michigan 3     3W  Western Michigan 7  
  2W  Ball State 2  

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Jason Kelley Bowling Green
Ben Everside Miami
Jay Harrington Bowling Green
John Lackaff Miami
Bob Niemet Bowling Green
Drew Niles Bowling Green
Kris Gundrum Western Michigan
Matt Mlynarek Bowling Green
John Sullivan Miami
Alan Gilhousen Bowling Green

Most Valuable Player

Bob Niemet won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Niemet played for Bowling Green.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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