1994 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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 Central Michigan won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

1994 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (1st title)
Winning coachDean Kreiner (1st title)
MVPTim Fails, Kent State
1994 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 29 Kent State  ‍†‍‍y 18–7 .720  33–17 .660
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 18–10 .643  34–19 .642
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 16–10 .615  29–18 .617
Central Michigan  ‍‍‡‍y 18–12 .600  38–21 .644
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18–12 .600  30–23 .566
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 15–12 .556  29–27 .518
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 12–16 .429  23–31 .426
Akron  ‍‍‍ 10–16 .385  29–25 .537
Miami  ‍‍‍ 9–21 .300  18–36 .333
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 4–22 .154  17–32 .347
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1994[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. Central Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Western Michigan by tiebreaker.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
Kent State187.720
–
1
Ohio1810.643
1.5
2
Bowling Green1610.615
2.5
3
Central Michigan1812.600
2.5
4
Western Michigan1812.600
2.5
–
Eastern Michigan1512.556
4
–
Toledo1216.429
7.5
–
Akron1016.385
8.5
–
Miami921.300
11.5
–
Ball State422.154
14.5
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Kent State 1  
4 Central Michigan 2  
  4 Central Michigan 5  
  2 Ohio 1  
2 Ohio 7
3 Bowling Green 6  
  4 Central Michigan 5* —
  1 Kent State 4* —
1 Kent State 5  
3 Bowling Green 1  
  2 Ohio 7
  1 Kent State 9  

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Travis MillerKent State
Mike SnopkowskiOhio
Tim FailsKent State
Sean FreemanKent State
Kevin YoungCentral Michigan
Kevin ZellersKent State
Tony CarrollCentral Michigan
Andy KrugerCentral Michigan
Steve SmetanaKent State
Chris MongriardoKent State

Most Valuable Player

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