1996 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

1996 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Gene Michael Field
  • Kent, OH
ChampionsAkron (1st title)
Winning coachDave Fross (1st title)
MVPDave Yoder, Akron
1996 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Kent State   2170 .750  30200 .600
Ohio   21110 .656  34230 .596
Toledo   18140 .563  27270 .500
Akron  y 18140 .563  37230 .617
Ball State   16140 .533  32201 .613
Central Michigan   16140 .533  31200 .608
Eastern Michigan   16160 .500  26290 .473
Bowling Green   14170 .452  28220 .560
Western Michigan   10210 .323  17340 .333
Miami   5270 .156  12400 .231
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1996[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Kent State217.750
1
Ohio2111.656
2
2
Toledo1814.563
5
3
Akron1814.563
5
4
Ball State1614.533
6
Central Michigan1614.533
6
Eastern Michigan1616.500
7
Bowling Green1417.452
8.5
Western Michigan1021.323
12.5
Miami527.156
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]

NameSchool
Todd MaynardAkron
Brady GickOhio
Jay BartosAkron
Ron WargaToledo
Steve SmetanaKent State
Damon WilcoxOhio
Dave YoderAkron
Mike GoldsteinOhio
Brian PetrucciAkron
Mike DoerbeckerAkron

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
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