2009 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2009 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 20–23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. Kent State won their seventh tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2009 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (7th title)
Winning coachScott Stricklin (2nd title)
MVPChris Tremblay, Kent State
2009 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East Division
Bowling Green  x‍‍‍ 18–8 .692  28–22 .560
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 18–9 .667  29–24 .547
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y 17–9 .654  43–17 .717
Miami  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .556  30–25 .545
Akron  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  19–33 .365
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 6–20 .231  20–35 .364
West Division
Ball State  x‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  26–25 .510
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 14–12 .538  24–30 .444
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  25–35 .417
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  28–30 .483
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .385  19–34 .358
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  14–35 .286
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 2, 2009[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding

The winners of each division claim the top two seeds, with the next six teams, based on conference winning percentage claim the third through eight seeds. Kent State claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Bowling Green, while Toledo claimed the third seed over Ball State. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a final matching the winners of each bracket.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Bowling Green188.692
–
1
Ohio189.667
.5
3
Kent State179.654
1
4
Miami1512.556
3.5
5
Akron1215.444
6.5
–
Buffalo620.231
12
–
West Division
Ball State1410.583
–
2
Toledo1412.538
1
6
Eastern Michigan1314.481
2.5
7
Central Michigan1215.444
3.5
8
Northern Illinois1016.385
5
–
Western Michigan918.333
6.5
–

Results
  First round Second round Semifinals Finals
                                       
1 Bowling Green 2  
8 Central Michigan 6  
  8 Central Michigan 2  
  4 Kent State 17  
4 Kent State 6
5 Miami 4  
  4 Kent State 12 —  
  5 Miami 8 —  
1 Bowling Green 4  
5 Miami 17  
  8 Central Michigan 4
  5 Miami 10  
  4 Kent State 5
  6 Toledo 3
2 Ball State 16  
7 Eastern Michigan 19  
  7 Eastern Michigan 6
  6 Toledo 7  
3 Ohio 4
6 Toledo 14  
  6 Toledo 9 —
  7 Eastern Michigan 6 —  
2 Ball State 6  
3 Ohio 15  
  7 Eastern Michigan 13
  3 Ohio 4  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Jordan PetraitisMiami
Kyle RhoadEastern Michigan
Zack LeonardEastern Michigan
Chris DudicsToledo
Jim VahalikToledo
Dan SherwoodToledo
Kyle HallockKent State
Jimmy RiderKent State
Jason PattonKent State
Chris TremblayKent State

Most Valuable Player

Chris Tremblay won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Tremblay was an infielder for Kent State.[4]

References
  1. "2009 Mid-American Conference Standings and Leaders". mac-sports.com. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  3. "Kent State Wins MAC Baseball Tournament Championship". Mid-American Conference. May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
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