2010 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament explained

Year:2010
Conference:Mid-American Conference
Teams:8
Format:Double-elimination
Ballpark:V.A. Memorial Stadium
City:Chillicothe, OH
Titlecount:8th
Coach:Scott Stricklin
Coachcount:3rd
Mvp:Justin Gill
Mvpteam:Kent State

The 2010 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 29. 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. won their second consecutive tournament, and eighth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]

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.[3]

Team W L PCT GB Seed
18 9 .667
18 9 .667
13 14 .481
13 14 .481
9 18 .333
3 24 .111
20 7 .741
19 8 .704
19 8 .704
13 14 .481
1215 .444
5 22 .185

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Dennis Vaughn Bowling Green
Todd Graves Eastern Michigan
Andrew Marshall Eastern Michigan
Bryce Morrow Central Michigan
Scott Phillion Central Michigan
James Teas Central Michigan
Kent State
Jared Humphreys Kent State
Ben Klafczynski Kent State
Justin Gill Kent State

Most Valuable Player

Justin Gill won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Gill was a pitcher for Kent State.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2010 D-I Baseball Conference Tournament Schedule. https://archive.today/20130629234138/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/2010-05-17/2010-d-i-baseball-conference-tournament-schedule. dead. June 29, 2013. ncaa.com. May 6, 2013.
  2. Web site: Mid-American Conference Tournament History . Mid-American Conference . May 6, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141009160850/http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf . October 9, 2014 .
  3. Web site: 2010 MAC Baseball Tournament Bracket Released. May 6, 2013. May 22, 2010. Mid-American Conference.
  4. Web site: All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's. Mid-American Sports. May 6, 2013.