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1998 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

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1998 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBowling Green (1st title)
Winning coachDanny Schmitz (1st title)
MVPBob Niemet (Bowling Green)
1998 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍y 17 10 0   .630 34 21 0   .618
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 17 12 0   .586 27 28 0   .491
Miami  ‍‍‍ 17 13 0   .567 33 26 0   .559
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 31 24 0   .564
Akron  ‍‍‍ 10 18 0   .357 20 31 0   .392
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 18 35 0   .340
West
Ball State  x‍‍‍ 23 8 0   .742 39 18 0   .684
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 23 9 0   .719 34 25 0   .576
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 16 16 0   .500 26 29 0   .473
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14 16 0   .467 27 27 0   .500
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 13 17 0   .433 20 32 0   .385
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 8 23 0   .258 10 30 1   .256
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1998[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 1998 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1998. The top three regular season finishers from each division met in the double-elimination tournament held at Warren E. Steller Field on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. This was the tenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. The top seed from the east, Bowling Green, won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

Seeding and format

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The top three finishers in each division, based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The top seed in each division played the third seed from the opposite division in the first round. The teams played double-elimination tournament. With the addition of Marshall and return of Northern Illinois to the league, the conference divided again into East and West Divisions and expanded the tournament field to six. All previous tournaments consisted of four participating teams.

Team W L PCT GB Seed
East Division
Bowling Green 17 10 .630
1E
Kent State 17 12 .586
1
2E
Miami 17 13 .567
1.5
3E
Ohio 13 17 .433
5.5
Akron 10 18 .357
7.5
Marshall 9 21 .300
9.5
West Division
Ball State 23 8 .742
1W
Central Michigan 23 9 .719
.5
2W
Western Michigan 16 16 .500
7.5
3W
Eastern Michigan 14 16 .467
8.5
Toledo 13 17 .433
10.5
Northern Illinois 8 23 .258
15

Results

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First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1EBowling Green9
3WWestern Michigan71EBowling Green3
3EKent State1
2WBall State41EBowling Green6
2EMiami72EMiami11
2EMiami62EMiami06
1WCentral Michigan51EBowling Green67
1WCentral Michigan81EBowling Green10
3EKent State01WCentral Michigan33WWestern Michigan1
3WWestern Michigan33WWestern Michigan7
2WBall State2

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Jason Kelley Bowling Green
Ben Everside Miami
Jay Harrington Bowling Green
John Lackaff Miami
Bob Niemet Bowling Green
Drew Niles Bowling Green
Kris Gundrum Western Michigan
Matt Mlynarek Bowling Green
John Sullivan Miami
Alan Gilhousen Bowling Green

Most Valuable Player

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Bob Niemet won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Niemet played for Bowling Green.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  2. ^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.