1997 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

1997 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 1997
Teams 4
Format Double-elimination
Site Trautwein Field
Athens, OH
Champions Ohio (1st title)
Winning coach Jim Carbone (1st title)
MVP Bart Leahy (Ohio)
Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
«1996  1998»
1997 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   PCT     W   L   PCT
Ohio y 22 9   .710     43 18   .705
Ball State 21 10   .677     40 19   .678
Kent State 18 13   .581     29 28   .509
Miami 17 13   .567     27 28   .491
Eastern Michigan 17 14   .548     29 25   .537
Central Michigan 14 14   .500     29 20   .592
Akron 31 23   .574     14 16   .467
Bowling Green 13 17   .433     24 27   .471
Toledo 9 20   .310     18 33   .353
Western Michigan 6 24   .200     14 39   .264
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 1997[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 1997 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1997. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Trautwein Field on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. This was the ninth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded Ohio won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the final year of the four team format, as the field expanded to six teams in 1998.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
Ohio 22 9 .710
1
Ball State 21 10 .677
1
2
Kent State 18 13 .581
4
3
Miami 17 13 .567
4.5
4
Eastern Michigan 17 14 .548
5
Central Michigan 14 14 .500
6.5
Akron 14 16 .467
7.5
Bowling Green 13 17 .433
8.5
Toledo 9 20 .310
12
Western Michigan 6 24 .200
15.5

Results

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1  Ohio 23  
4  Miami 4  
  1  Ohio 9  
  2  Ball State 6  
2  Ball State 17
3  Kent State 5  
  1  Ohio 7
  3  Kent State 6
4  Miami 6  
3  Kent State 9  
  2  Ball State 10
  3  Kent State 18  

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Matt Guerrier Kent State
Brady Gick Ohio
Ed Farris Ball State
Cary Zamilski Kent State
Brian Dorrmann Ball State
Damon Wilcox Ohio
Jason Graham Ohio
Andy Roseberry Kent State
Jason Meier Ball State
Bart Leahy Ohio

Most Valuable Player

Bart Leahy won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Leahy played for Ohio.[4]

References

  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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