1995 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament


The 1995 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1995. The top four regular season finishers 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 seventh Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Second seeded Central Michigan won their second consecutive, and second overall, tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

1995 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsCentral Michigan (2nd title)
Winning coachDean Kreiner (2nd title)
MVPPat Mahoney (Central Michigan)
1995 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 22 8 0   .733 34 20 0   .630
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 19 10 0   .655 40 19 0   .678
Central Michigan  ‍‍y 19 12 0   .613 41 19 0   .683
Akron  ‍‍‍ 18 12 0   .600 26 22 0   .542
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 19 13 0   .594 31 22 1   .583
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18 13 0   .581 22 31 0   .415
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 15 17 0   .469 31 25 0   .554
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 9 21 0   .300 21 32 0   .396
Miami  ‍‍‍ 8 23 0   .258 21 35 0   .375
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 7 25 0   .219 15 41 0   .268
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 1995[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

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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
Bowling Green 22 8 .733
1
Kent State 19 10 .655
2.5
2
Central Michigan 19 12 .613
3.5
3
Akron 18 12 .600
4
4
Western Michigan 19 13 .594
4
Eastern Michigan 18 13 .581
4.5
Ohio 15 17 .469
8
Toledo 9 21 .300
13
Miami 8 23 .258
14.5
Ball State 7 25 .219
16

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Bowling Green5
4Akron6
4Akron8
3Central Michigan16
2Kent State0
3Central Michigan3
3Central Michigan
2Kent State
Lower round 1Lower final
4Akron3
1Bowling Green22Kent State16
2Kent State5

All-Tournament Team

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

Name School
Lee Gardner Central Michigan
Pat Mahoney Central Michigan
Steve Smetana Kent State
E.J. Eckert Akron
Tim Fails Kent State
Mike Combs Bowling Green
Toby Kominek Central Michigan
Art Mighton Kent State
Jerome Kynard Bowling Green
Ted Rose Kent State

Most Valuable Player

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Pat Mahoney won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Mahoney played for Central Michigan.[4]

References

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  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 October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  4. ^ a b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 15, 2013.