2007 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2007 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2007
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Site Oestrike Stadium
Ypsilanti, MI
Champions Kent State (6th title)
Winning coach Scott Stricklin (1st title)
MVP Jason Patton (Kent State)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«2006  2008»
2007 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
East
Kent State x‡y 19 – 8   .704     33 – 26   .559
Miami 16 – 9   .640     32 – 24   .571
Buffalo 11 – 16   .407     16 – 35   .314
Akron 8 – 16   .333     23 – 24   .489
Ohio 8 – 19   .296     23 – 31   .426
Bowling Green 7 – 20   .259     22 – 32   .407
West
Eastern Michigan x 21 – 4   .840     32 – 24   .571
Central Michigan 21 – 6   .778     35 – 21   .625
Northern Illinois 16 – 11   .593     34 – 24   .586
Toledo 14 – 13   .519     26 – 28   .481
Western Michigan 8 – 16   .333     16 – 33   .327
Ball State 8 – 19   .296     20 – 34   .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2007 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 2007. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oestrike Stadium on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This was the nineteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Second seed Kent State won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 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 tenth year of the six team tournament.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Kent State 19 8 .704
–
2
Miami 16 9 .640
2
4
Buffalo 11 16 .407
8
–
Akron 8 16 .333
9.5
–
Ohio 8 19 .296
11
–
Bowling Green 7 20 .259
12
–
West Division
Eastern Michigan 21 4 .840
–
1
Central Michigan 21 6 .778
1
3
Northern Illinois 16 11 .593
6
5
Toledo 14 13 .519
8
6
Western Michigan 8 16 .333
12.5
Ball State 8 19 .296
14

Results

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1  Eastern Michigan 6  
  6  Toledo 5     1  Eastern Michigan 12  
    3  Central Michigan 6    
  3  Central Michigan 8         1  Eastern Michigan 2            
  4  Miami 8           2  Kent State 3              
      4  Miami 3           2  Kent State 3 —
      2  Kent State 4         1  Eastern Michigan 2 —
  2  Kent State 7         1  Eastern Michigan 9    
  5  Northern Illinois 3       4  Miami 4     5  Northern Illinois 3  
  6  Toledo 10     5  Northern Illinois 6  
  5  Northern Illinois 11  

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Jason Patton Kent State
Reid Lamport Kent State
Will Vazquez Kent State
Andrew Davis Kent State
Kyle Smith Kent State
Matt German Northern Illinois
Jordan Petraitis Miami
Kyle Rhoad Eastern Michigan
Jeff Hehr Eastern Michigan
Jeff Fischer Eastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Jason Patton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Patton played for Kent 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 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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