2010 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–29. 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. Kent State won their second consecutive tournament, and eighth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2010 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	V.A. Memorial Stadium Chillicothe, OH
Champions	Kent State (8th title)
Winning coach	Scott Stricklin (3rd title)
MVP	Justin Gill, Kent State

2010 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Division
Kent State  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	9		.667			39	–	25		.609
Bowling Green  ^x‍‍‍	18	–	9		.667			31	–	23		.574
Miami  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			28	–	28		.500
Ohio  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			20	–	35		.364
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	9	–	18		.333			24	–	29		.453
Akron  ‍‍‍	3	–	24		.111			21	–	34		.382
West Division
Central Michigan  ^x‍‍‍	20	–	7		.741			36	–	22		.621
Toledo  ‍‍‍	19	–	8		.704			34	–	22		.607
Ball State  ‍‍‍	19	–	8		.704			29	–	29		.500
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	13	–	14		.481			27	–	32		.458
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	12	–	15		.444			24	–	31		.436
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	5	–	22		.185			12	–	42		.222
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 7, 2010[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.[4]

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Kent State	18	9	.667	–	2
Bowling Green	18	9	.667	–	5
Miami	13	14	.481	5	6
Ohio	13	14	.481	5	8
Buffalo	9	18	.333	9	–
Akron	3	24	.111	15	–
West Division
Central Michigan	20	7	.741	–	1
Toledo	19	8	.704	1	3
Ball State	19	8	.704	1	4
Eastern Michigan	13	14	.481	7	7
Northern Illinois	12	15	.444	8	–
Western Michigan	5	22	.185	15	–

Results

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

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]

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
Travis Shaw	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.[5]

References

1. "2010 Mid-American Conference Standings and Leaders". mac-sports.com. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
2. "2010 D-I Baseball Conference Tournament Schedule". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
3. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
4. "2010 MAC Baseball Tournament Bracket Released". Mid-American Conference. May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
5. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 6, 2013.