1996 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

American collegiate baseball tournament August 2023 1996 Mid-American Conference 4 Double-elimination Gene Michael Field Kent, OH 1996 Akron Zips Akron 1st Dave Fross 1st Dave Yoder Akron The 1996 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1996. 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 eighth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seeded 1996 Akron Zips Akron won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1996 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf Mid-American Conference Mid-American Conference Tournament History May 15, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20141009160850/http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf October 9, 2014 http://www.muredhawks.com/fls/26100/old_site/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012BsbRecordBook.pdf?SPSID=617722&SPID=87612&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26100 2012 Record Book Miami RedHawks 11 May 15, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20121201021844/http://www.muredhawks.com/fls/26100/old_site/sports/m-basebl/auto_pdf/2011-12/misc_non_event/2012BsbRecordBook.pdf?SPSID=617722&SPID=87612&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=26100 2012-12-01 dead Seeding and format The top four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. Toledo claimed the third seed over Akron by tiebreaker. Team W L PCT GB Seed 1996 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 21 7 .750 – 1 1996 Ohio Bobcats Ohio 21 11 .656 2 2 1996 Toledo Rockets Toledo 18 14 .563 5 3 1996 Akron Zips Akron 18 14 .563 5 4 1996 Ball State Cardinals Ball State 16 14 .533 6 – 1996 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan 16 14 .533 6 – 1996 Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan 16 16 .500 7 – 1996 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 14 17 .452 8.5 – 1996 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan 10 21 .323 12.5 – 1996 Miami RedHawks Miami 5 27 .156 18 – Results 1 1996 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 1 4 1996 Akron Zips Akron 4 2 1996 Ohio Bobcats Ohio 3 3 1996 Toledo Rockets Toledo 2 1 Kent State 2 3 Toledo 7 4 Akron 6 2 Ohio 4 2 Ohio 6 3 Toledo 4 4 Akron 15 — 2 Ohio 6 — All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/AllTournamentTeamMVP.pdf All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's Mid-American Sports May 15, 2013 Name School Todd Maynard Akron Brady Gick Ohio Jay Bartos Akron Ron Warga Toledo Steve Smetana Kent State Damon Wilcox Ohio Dave Yoder Akron Mike Goldstein Ohio Brian Petrucci Akron Mike Doerbecker Akron Most Valuable Player Dave Yoder won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Yoder played for Akron. References Tournament Category:Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Category:Sports competitions in Kent, Ohio Category:College baseball tournaments in Ohio