1998 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

1998 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Warren E. Steller Field; Bowling Green, OH;
Champions	Bowling Green (1st title)
Winning coach	Danny Schmitz (1st title)
MVP	Bob Niemet (Bowling Green)
	← 1997; baseball tournament; 1999 →;

1998 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		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

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]

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	Seed
East Division
Bowling Green	17	10	.630	–	1E
Kent State	17	12	.586	1	2E
Miami	17	13	.567	1.5	3E
Ohio	13	17	.433	5.5	–
Akron	10	18	.357	7.5	–
Marshall	9	21	.300	9.5	–
West Division
Ball State	23	8	.742	–	1W
Central Michigan	23	9	.719	.5	2W
Western Michigan	16	16	.500	7.5	3W
Eastern Michigan	14	16	.467	8.5	–
Toledo	13	17	.433	10.5	–
Northern Illinois	8	23	.258	15	–

Results

First round

Second round

Third round

Semifinals

Final

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]

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.^[4]

References

^ "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
^ "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
^ 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.

[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 October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 17, 2013.

[3] 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2013.

[alltourn-4] "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 17, 2013.

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1998 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

Seeding and format

Results

All-Tournament Team

Most Valuable Player

References

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