2006 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2006 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2006
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Schoonover Stadium
Kent, OH
Champions Ball State (1st title)
Winning coach Greg Beals (1st title)
MVP Kyle Dygert (Ball State)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2005  2007»
2006 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Kent State x 19 – 7   .731     38 – 19   .667
Miami 17 – 10   .630     33 – 25   .569
Ohio 14 – 13   .519     22 – 25   .468
Bowling Green 11 – 16   .407     26 – 27   .491
Akron 8 – 18   .308     15 – 36   .294
Buffalo 6 – 21   .222     15 – 37   .288
West
Central Michigan x 17 – 9   .654     35 – 23   .603
Ball State ‡y 16 – 9   .640     38 – 22   .633
Western Michigan 16 – 9   .640     30 – 22   .577
Eastern Michigan 14 – 12   .538     27 – 27   .500
Toledo 11 – 15   .423     26 – 27   .491
Northern Illinois 8 – 18   .308     24 – 31   .436
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2006[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2006 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2006. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the eighteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Third-seed Ball State won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the ninth year of the six team tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Kent State 19 7 .731
–
1
Miami 17 10 .630
2.5
5
Ohio 14 13 .519
5.5
–
Bowling Green 11 16 .407
8.5
–
Akron 8 18 .407
11
–
Buffalo 6 21 .222
13.5
–
West Division
Central Michigan 17 9 .654
–
2
Ball State 16 9 .640
.5
3
Western Michigan 16 9 .640
.5
4
Eastern Michigan 14 12 .538
3
6
Toledo 11 15 .423
6
–
Northern Illinois 8 18 .308
9
–

Results

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1  Kent State 2  
  6  Eastern Michigan 1     1  Kent State 4  
    4  Western Michigan 3    
  3  Ball State 6         1  Kent State 4*            
  4  Western Michigan 2           3  Ball State 5*              
      3  Ball State 12           3  Ball State 7 —
      2  Central Michigan 5         1  Kent State 4 —
  2  Central Michigan 8         1  Kent State 11    
  5  Miami 2       2  Central Michigan 3     5  Miami 1  
  6  Eastern Michigan 2     5  Miami 6  
  5  Miami 11  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Kyle Dygert Ball State
Eric Earnhart Ball State
Kyle Heyne Ball State
Chris Pestle Ball State
Justin Rogers Ball State
Andrew Davis Kent State
Kurt Eichorn Kent State
Chad Wagler Kent State
Noah Lankford Central Michigan
Eric Darlage Miami

Most Valuable Player

Kyle Dygert was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Dygert played for Ball State.[4]

References

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