1994 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:1994
Conference:Mid-American Conference
Teams:4
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Gene Michael Field
City:Kent, OH
Titlecount:1st
Coach:Dean Kreiner
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Tim Fails
Mvpteam:Kent State

The 1994 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1994. 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 sixth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Central Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Western Michigan by tiebreaker.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
18 7 .720
18 10 .643
16 10 .615
18 12 .600
18 12 .600
15 12 .556
12 16 .429
10 16 .385
9 21 .300
4 22 .154

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Name School
Travis Miller Kent State
Mike Snopkowski Ohio
Tim Fails Kent State
Sean Freeman Kent State
Kevin Young Central Michigan
Kevin Zellers Kent State
Tony Carroll Central Michigan
Andy Kruger Central Michigan
Steve Smetana Kent State
Chris Mongriardo Kent State

Most Valuable Player

Tim Fails won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Fails played for Kent State.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mid-American Conference Tournament History . Mid-American Conference . May 15, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009160850/http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf . October 9, 2014 .
  2. Book: 2012 Record Book. Miami RedHawks. 11. May 15, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20121201021844/http://www.muredhawks.com/fls/26100/old_site/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012BsbRecordBook.pdf?SPSID=617722&SPID=87612&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26100. 2012-12-01. dead.
  3. Web site: All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's. Mid-American Sports. May 15, 2013.