1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

American collegiate baseball tournament August 2023 1997 Mid-American Conference 4 Double-elimination Trautwein Field Athens, OH 1997 Ohio Bobcats Ohio 1st Joe Carbone 1st Bart Leahy Ohio The 1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 1997. The top four regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Trautwein Field on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. This was the ninth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seeded 1997 Ohio Bobcats Ohio won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1997 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.http://www.mac-sports.com/Portals/20/MACTournamentHistory.pdf Mid-American Conference Mid-American Conference Tournament History May 17, 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 17, 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. This was the final year of the four team format, as the field expanded to six teams in 1998. Team W L PCT GB Seed 1997 Ohio Bobcats Ohio 22 9 .710 – 1 1997 Ball State Cardinals Ball State 21 10 .677 1 2 1997 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 18 13 .581 4 3 1997 Miami RedHawks Miami 17 13 .567 4.5 4 1997 Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan 17 14 .548 5 – 1997 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan 14 14 .500 6.5 – 1997 Akron Zips Akron 14 16 .467 7.5 – 1997 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 13 17 .433 8.5 – 1997 Toledo Rockets Toledo 9 20 .310 12 – 1997 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan 6 24 .200 15.5 – Results 1 1997 Ohio Bobcats Ohio 23 4 1997 Miami RedHawks Miami 4 2 1997 Ball State Cardinals Ball State 17 3 1997 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 5 4 Miami 6 3 Kent State 9 1 Ohio 9 2 Ball State 6 2 Ball State 10 3 Kent State 18 1 Ohio 7 — 3 Kent State 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 17, 2013 Name School Matt Guerrier Kent State Brady Gick Ohio Ed Farris Ball State Cary Zamilski Kent State Brian Dorrmann Ball State Damon Wilcox Ohio Jason Graham Ohio Andy Roseberry Kent State Jason Meier Ball State Bart Leahy Ohio Most Valuable Player Bart Leahy won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Leahy played for Ohio. References Tournament Category:Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Mid-American Conference baseball tournament