1998 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

American collegiate baseball tournament August 2023 1998 Mid-American Conference 6 Double-elimination Warren E. Steller Field Bowling Green, OH 1998 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 1st Danny Schmitz 1st Bob Niemet Bowling Green 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, 1998 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green, won their first tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 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 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. Team W L PCT GB SeedEast Division 1998 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 17 10 .630 – 1E 1998 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 17 12 .586 1 2E 1998 Miami RedHawks Miami 17 13 .567 1.5 3E 1998 Ohio Bobcats Ohio 13 17 .433 5.5 – 1998 Akron Zips Akron 10 18 .357 7.5 – 1998 Marshall Thundering Herd Marshall 9 21 .300 9.5 –West Division 1998 Ball State Cardinals Ball State 23 8 .742 – 1W 1998 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan 23 9 .719 .5 2W 1998 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan 16 16 .500 7.5 3W 1998 Eastern Michigan Eagles Eastern Michigan 14 16 .467 8.5 – 1998 Toledo Rockets Toledo 13 17 .433 10.5 – 1998 Northern Illinois Huskies Northern Illinois 8 23 .258 15 – Results 1E 1998 Bowling Green Falcons Bowling Green 9 3W 1998 Western Michigan Broncos Western Michigan 7 2W 1998 Ball State Cardinals Ball State 4 2E 1998 Miami RedHawks Miami 7 1W 1998 Central Michigan Chippewas Central Michigan 8 3E 1998 Kent State Golden Flashes Kent State 0 1E Bowling Green 3 3E Kent State 1 2E Miami 6 1W Central Michigan 5 3W Western Michigan 3 2W Ball State 2 1E Bowling Green 6 2E Miami 11 1W Central Michigan 3 3W Western Michigan 7 1E Bowling Green 10 3W Western Michigan 1 2E Miami 0 6 1E Bowling Green 6 7 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 Jason Kelley Bowling Green Ben Everside Miami Jay Harrington Bowling Green John Lackaff Miami Bob Niemet Bowling Green Drew Niles Bowling Green Kris Gundrum Western Michigan Matt Mlynarek Bowling Green John Sullivan Miami Alan Gilhousen Bowling Green Most Valuable Player Bob Niemet won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Niemet played for Bowling Green. References Tournament Category:Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Mid-American Conference baseball tournament Category:College baseball tournaments in Ohio Category:Bowling Green, Ohio