1994 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

The 1994 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament took place in May 1994. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Gene Michael Field on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the sixth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded Central Michigan won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

1994 Mid-American Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Gene Michael Field Kent, OH
Champions	Central Michigan (1st title)
Winning coach	Dean Kreiner (1st title)
MVP	Tim Fails, Kent State

1994 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 29 Kent State  ‍†‍‍^y	18	–	7		.720			33	–	17		.660
Ohio  ‍‍‍	18	–	10		.643			34	–	19		.642
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	16	–	10		.615			29	–	18		.617
Central Michigan  ‍‍‡‍^y	18	–	12		.600			38	–	21		.644
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	18	–	12		.600			30	–	23		.566
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	15	–	12		.556			29	–	27		.518
Toledo  ‍‍‍	12	–	16		.429			23	–	31		.426
Akron  ‍‍‍	10	–	16		.385			29	–	25		.537
Miami  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			18	–	36		.333
Ball State  ‍‍‍	4	–	22		.154			17	–	32		.347
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 30, 1994[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Central Michigan claimed the fourth seed over Western Michigan by tiebreaker.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
Kent State	18	7	.720	–	1
Ohio	18	10	.643	1.5	2
Bowling Green	16	10	.615	2.5	3
Central Michigan	18	12	.600	2.5	4
Western Michigan	18	12	.600	2.5	–
Eastern Michigan	15	12	.556	4	–
Toledo	12	16	.429	7.5	–
Akron	10	16	.385	8.5	–
Miami	9	21	.300	11.5	–
Ball State	4	22	.154	14.5	–

Results

	First round					Semifinals					Finals
	1	Kent State	1
	4	Central Michigan	2
						4	Central Michigan	5
						2	Ohio	1
	2	Ohio	7
	3	Bowling Green	6
											4	Central Michigan	5*	—
										1	Kent State	4*	—
	1	Kent State	5
	3	Bowling Green	1
						2	Ohio	7
						1	Kent State	9

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Travis Miller	Kent State
Mike Snopkowski	Ohio
Tim Fails	Kent State
Sean Freeman	Kent State
Kevin Young	Central Michigan
Kevin Zellers	Kent State
Tony Carroll	Central Michigan
Andy Kruger	Central Michigan
Steve Smetana	Kent State
Chris Mongriardo	Kent State

Most Valuable Player

Tim Fails won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Fails played for Kent State.[4]

References

1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.