2007 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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 Kent State won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2007 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (6th title)
Winning coachScott Stricklin (1st title)
MVPJason Patton, Kent State
2007 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East
Kent State  x‍‍‡‍y 19–8 .704  33–26 .559
Miami  ‍‍‍ 16–9 .640  32–24 .571
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 11–16 .407  16–35 .314
Akron  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  23–24 .489
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .296  23–31 .426
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 7–20 .259  22–32 .407
West
Eastern Michigan  x‍‍‍ 21–4 .840  32–24 .571
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 21–6 .778  35–21 .625
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 16–11 .593  34–24 .586
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 14–13 .519  26–28 .481
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  16–33 .327
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 8–19 .296  20–34 .370
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2007[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State198.704
–
2
Miami169.640
2
4
Buffalo1116.407
8
–
Akron816.333
9.5
–
Ohio819.296
11
–
Bowling Green720.259
12
–
West Division
Eastern Michigan214.840
–
1
Central Michigan216.778
1
3
Northern Illinois1611.593
6
5
Toledo1413.519
8
6
Western Michigan816.333
12.5
–
Ball State819.296
14
–

Results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Eastern Michigan 6  
  6 Toledo 5     1 Eastern Michigan 12  
    3 Central Michigan 6    
  3 Central Michigan 4         1 Eastern Michigan 2            
  4 Miami 8           2 Kent State 3              
      4 Miami 3           2 Kent State 3 —
      2 Kent State 4         1 Eastern Michigan 2 —
  2 Kent State 7         1 Eastern Michigan 9    
  5 Northern Illinois 3       4 Miami 4     5 Northern Illinois 3  
  6 Toledo 10     5 Northern Illinois 6  
  5 Northern Illinois 11  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Jason PattonKent State
Reid LamportKent State
Will VazquezKent State
Andrew DavisKent State
Kyle SmithKent State
Matt GermanNorthern Illinois
Jordan PetraitisMiami
Kyle RhoadEastern Michigan
Jeff HehrEastern Michigan
Jeff FischerEastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Jason Patton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Patton played for Kent State.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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