2009 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

2009 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2009
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination
Site	V.A. Memorial Stadium Chillicothe, OH
Champions	Kent State (7th title)
Winning coach	Scott Stricklin (2nd title)
MVP	Chris Tremblay (Kent State)
Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament «2008  2010»

2009 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East Division
Bowling Green ^x	18	–	8		.692			28	–	22		.560
Ohio	18	–	9		.667			29	–	24		.547
Kent State ‡^y	17	–	9		.654			43	–	17		.717
Miami	15	–	12		.556			30	–	25		.545
Akron	12	–	15		.444			19	–	33		.365
Buffalo	6	–	20		.231			20	–	35		.364
West Division
Ball State ^x	14	–	10		.583			26	–	25		.510
Toledo	14	–	12		.538			24	–	30		.444
Eastern Michigan	13	–	14		.481			25	–	35		.417
Central Michigan	12	–	15		.444			28	–	30		.483
Northern Illinois	10	–	16		.385			19	–	34		.358
Western Michigan	9	–	18		.333			14	–	35		.286
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament As of June 2, 2009[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2009 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 20–23. 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 seventh tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2][3]

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.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Bowling Green	18	8	.692	–	1
Ohio	18	9	.667	.5	3
Kent State	17	9	.654	1	4
Miami	15	12	.556	3.5	5
Akron	12	15	.444	6.5	–
Buffalo	6	20	.231	12	–
West Division
Ball State	14	10	.583	–	2
Toledo	14	12	.538	1	6
Eastern Michigan	13	14	.481	2.5	7
Central Michigan	12	15	.444	3.5	8
Northern Illinois	10	16	.385	5	–
Western Michigan	9	18	.333	6.5	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Semifinals						Finals
	1	Bowling Green	2
	8	Central Michigan	6
						8	Central Michigan	2
						4	Kent State	17
	4	Kent State	6
	5	Miami	4
											4	Kent State	12	—
										5	Miami	8	—
	1	Bowling Green	4
	5	Miami	17
						8	Central Michigan	4
						5	Miami	10
																4	Kent State	5
																6	Toledo	3
	2	Ball State	16
	7	Eastern Michigan	19
						7	Eastern Michigan	6
						6	Toledo	7
	3	Ohio	4
	6	Toledo	14
											6	Toledo	9	—
										7	Eastern Michigan	6	—
	2	Ball State	6
	3	Ohio	15
						7	Eastern Michigan	13
						3	Ohio	4

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Jordan Petraitis	Miami
Kyle Rhoad	Eastern Michigan
Zack Leonard	Eastern Michigan
Chris Dudics	Toledo
Jim Vahalik	Toledo
Dan Sherwood	Toledo
Kyle Hallock	Kent State
Jimmy Rider	Kent State
Jason Patton	Kent State
Chris Tremblay	Kent State

Most Valuable Player

Chris Tremblay won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Tremblay was an infielder for Kent State.^[4]

References

1. "2009 Mid-American Conference Standings and Leaders". mac-sports.com. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
3. "Kent State Wins MAC Baseball Tournament Championship". Mid-American Conference. May 23, 2009. Retrieved May 12, 2013.
4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 12, 2013.