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]
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site |
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Champions | Ohio (1st title) |
Winning coach | Joe Carbone (1st title) |
MVP | Bart Leahy (Ohio) |
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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 |
Seeding and format
editThe 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 |
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Ohio | 22 | 9 | .710 | – |
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Ball State | 21 | 10 | .677 | 1 |
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Kent State | 18 | 13 | .581 | 4 |
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Miami | 17 | 13 | .567 | 4.5 |
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Eastern Michigan | 17 | 14 | .548 | 5 |
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Central Michigan | 14 | 14 | .500 | 6.5 |
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Akron | 14 | 16 | .467 | 7.5 |
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Bowling Green | 13 | 17 | .433 | 8.5 |
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Toledo | 9 | 20 | .310 | 12 |
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Western Michigan | 6 | 24 | .200 | 15.5 |
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Results
editUpper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Ohio | 23 | |||||||||||
4 | Miami | 4 | |||||||||||
1 | Ohio | 9 | |||||||||||
2 | Ball State | 6 | |||||||||||
2 | Ball State | 17 | |||||||||||
3 | Kent State | 5 | |||||||||||
1 | Ohio | ||||||||||||
3 | Kent State | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
2 | Ball State | 10 | |||||||||||
4 | Miami | 6 | 3 | Kent State | 18 | ||||||||
3 | Kent State | 9 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
Name | School |
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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
editBart Leahy won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Leahy played for Ohio.[4]
References
edit- ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
- ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.