2007 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2007
Conference:Mid-American Conference
Teams:6
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:Oestrike Stadium
City:Ypsilanti, MI
Titlecount:6th
Coach:Scott Stricklin
Coachcount:1st
Mvp:Jason Patton
Mvpteam:Kent State

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 won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

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
19 8 .704
16 9 .640
11 16 .407
8 16 .333
8 19 .296
7 20 .259
West Division
21 4 .840
21 6 .778
16 11 .593
14 13 .519
8 16 .333
8 19 .296

All-Tournament Team

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mid-American Conference Tournament History . Mid-American Conference . June 6, 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. June 6, 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. December 1, 2012. dead. mdy-all.
  3. Web site: All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's. Mid-American Sports. June 6, 2013.