2010 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2010 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26–29. 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 second consecutive tournament, and eighth overall, to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2010 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (8th title)
Winning coachScott Stricklin (3rd title)
MVPJustin Gill, Kent State
2010 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
East Division
Kent State  x‍‍‡‍y 18–9 .667  39–25 .609
Bowling Green  x‍‍‍ 18–9 .667  31–23 .574
Miami  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  28–28 .500
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  20–35 .364
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 9–18 .333  24–29 .453
Akron  ‍‍‍ 3–24 .111  21–34 .382
West Division
Central Michigan  x‍‍‍ 20–7 .741  36–22 .621
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 19–8 .704  34–22 .607
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 19–8 .704  29–29 .500
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–14 .481  27–32 .458
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 12–15 .444  24–31 .436
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 5–22 .185  12–42 .222
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
As of June 7, 2010[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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.[4]

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Kent State189.667
–
2
Bowling Green189.667
–
5
Miami1314.481
5
6
Ohio1314.481
5
8
Buffalo918.333
9
–
Akron324.111
15
–
West Division
Central Michigan207.741
–
1
Toledo198.704
1
3
Ball State198.704
1
4
Eastern Michigan1314.481
7
7
Northern Illinois1215.444
8
–
Western Michigan522.185
15
–

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

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[5]

NameSchool
Dennis VaughnBowling Green
Todd GravesEastern Michigan
Andrew MarshallEastern Michigan
Bryce MorrowCentral Michigan
Scott PhillionCentral Michigan
James TeasCentral Michigan
Travis ShawKent State
Jared HumphreysKent State
Ben KlafczynskiKent State
Justin GillKent State

Most Valuable Player

Justin Gill won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Gill was a pitcher for Kent State.[5]

References
  1. "2010 Mid-American Conference Standings and Leaders". mac-sports.com. Retrieved 2012-07-08.
  2. "2010 D-I Baseball Conference Tournament Schedule". ncaa.com. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  3. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  4. "2010 MAC Baseball Tournament Bracket Released". Mid-American Conference. May 22, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
  5. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 6, 2013.
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