2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 6 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Western Michigan (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Billy Gernon (1st title) |
| MVP | Dylan Nevar (Western Michigan) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling Green † | 25 | – | 6 | – | 0 | .806 | 33 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan ‡y | 19 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .633 | 32 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .604 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ball State | 18 | – | 12 | – | 0 | .600 | 35 | – | 23 | – | 1 | .602 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (OH) | 17 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .567 | 27 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kent State | 16 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .552 | 26 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .491 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Toledo | 16 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .516 | 27 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .458 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois | 14 | – | 16 | – | 0 | .467 | 21 | – | 33 | – | 0 | .389 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio | 13 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .433 | 18 | – | 32 | – | 0 | .360 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Akron | 10 | – | 19 | – | 0 | .345 | 15 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .283 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Michigan | 9 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .300 | 14 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Michigan | 8 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .267 | 17 | – | 38 | – | 0 | .309 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 25, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2024 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was the postseason baseball tournament for the Mid-American Conference for the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season, held from May 22–25 at Crushers Stadium in Avon, Ohio.[2] Western Michigan earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
Seeding and format
The top six teams were seeded according conference winning percentage. Teams then played a double-elimination tournament with the top two seeds each receiving a single bye. This style of seeding was last used in the 2019 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament.
| Seed | School | Conference record |
Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bowling Green | 25–6 | |
| 2 | Western Michigan | 19–11 | |
| 3 | Ball State | 18–12 | |
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 17–13 | |
| 5 | Kent State | 16–13 | |
| 6 | Toledo | 16–15 |
Results
| MAC tournament teams | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1) Bowling Green Falcons | (2) Western Michigan Broncos | (3) Ball State Cardinals | (4) Miami RedHawks | (5) Kent State Golden Flashes | (6) Toledo Rockets |
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bowling Green | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State | 5 | 4 | Miami (OH) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Toledo | 1 | 1 | Bowling Green | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Western Michigan | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Western Michigan | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 5 | 3 | Ball State | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Kent State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Western Michigan | 10 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State | 3 | – | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bowling Green | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ball State | 4 | 3 | Ball State | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Miami (OH) | 4 | 6 | Toledo | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Toledo | 8 | 6 | Toledo | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Kent State | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Schedule
| Game | Time* | Matchup# | Score | Television | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, May 22 | ||||||
| 1 | 12:30 pm | No. 3 Ball State vs. No. 6 Toledo | 5–1 | ESPN+ | N/A[3] | |
| 2 | 6:00 pm | No. 4 Miami (OH) vs. No. 5 Kent State | 5–2 | 919[4] | ||
| Thursday, May 23 | ||||||
| 3 | 10:30 am | No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 5 Kent State Elimination Game |
8–2 | ESPN+ | N/A[5] | |
| 4 | 2:30 pm | No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 4 Miami (OH) | 12–4 | N/A[6] | ||
| 5 | 6:30 pm | No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State | 8–0 | 1,227[7] | ||
| Friday, May 24 | ||||||
| 6 | 10:00 am | No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 4 Miami (OH) Elimination Game |
8–4 | ESPN+ | N/A[8] | |
| 7 | 2:00 pm | No. 6 Toledo vs. No. 3 Ball State Elimination Game |
3–4 | N/A[9] | ||
| 8 | 6:00 pm | No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 2 Western Michigan | 0–11 | 1,248[10] | ||
| Saturday, May 25 | ||||||
| 9 | 12:30 pm | No. 1 Bowling Green vs. No. 3 Ball State Elimination Game |
5–10 | ESPN+ | N/A[11] | |
| 10 | 6:00 pm | No. 2 Western Michigan vs. No. 3 Ball State | 10–3 | 956[12] | ||
| *Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed. | ||||||
Conference championship
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball State | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Michigan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | x | 10 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Joe Shapiro (5-0) LP: Logan Schulfer (1-4) Home runs: BALL: None WM: Josh Swinehart (6) Attendance: 956 Umpires: Sal Giacomantonio (HP), Michael Schultz (1B), Michael Wiseman (2B), Stephen Linton (3B) Boxscore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[13]
| Name | School |
|---|---|
| Garret Pike | Toledo |
| Jack Krause | Bowling Green |
| Matt Gonzalez | Ball State |
| Merritt Beeker | Ball State |
| Sam Klein | Ball State |
| Dylan Nevar (MVP) | Western Michigan |
| Josh Swinehart | Western Michigan |
| Cade Sullivan | Western Michigan |
| Nolan Vlcek | Western Michigan |
| Brady Miller | Western Michigan |
References
- ↑ "Mid-American Conference baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ↑ "Kent State Selected as Favorite in MAC Baseball Preseason Coaches Poll". getsomemaction.com. February 13, 2024.
- ↑ Game 1 boxscore
- ↑ Game 2 boxscore
- ↑ Game 3 boxscore
- ↑ Game 4 boxscore
- ↑ Game 5 boxscore
- ↑ Game 6 boxscore
- ↑ Game 7 boxscore
- ↑ Game 8 boxscore
- ↑ Game 9 boxscore
- ↑ Game 10 boxscore
- ↑ "Western Michigan Captures Program's Second MAC Baseball Tournament Title". Mid-American Sports. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 25, 2024.