1998 Mid-American Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

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
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
East
Bowling Green  x‍‍‡‍y 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

Seeding and format

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.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Bowling Green1710.630
–
1E
Kent State1712.586
1
2E
Miami1713.567
1.5
3E
Ohio1317.433
5.5
–
Akron1018.357
7.5
–
Marshall921.300
9.5
–
West Division
Ball State238.742
–
1W
Central Michigan239.719
.5
2W
Western Michigan1616.500
7.5
3W
Eastern Michigan1416.467
8.5
–
Toledo1317.433
10.5
–
Northern Illinois823.258
15
–

Results
  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1E Bowling Green 9  
  3W Western Michigan 7     1E Bowling Green 3  
    3E Kent State 1    
  2W Ball State 4         1E Bowling Green 6            
  2E Miami 7           2E Miami 11              
      2E Miami 6           2E Miami 0 6
      1W Central Michigan 5         1E Bowling Green 6 7
  1W Central Michigan 8         1E Bowling Green 10    
  3E Kent State 0       1W Central Michigan 3     3W Western Michigan 1  
  3W Western Michigan 3     3W Western Michigan 7  
  2W Ball State 2  

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Jason KelleyBowling Green
Ben EversideMiami
Jay HarringtonBowling Green
John LackaffMiami
Bob NiemetBowling Green
Drew NilesBowling Green
Kris GundrumWestern Michigan
Matt MlynarekBowling Green
John SullivanMiami
Alan GilhousenBowling Green

Most Valuable Player

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

References
  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 June 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-12-01. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
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