Year: | 2014 |
Conference: | Mid-American Conference |
Teams: | 8 |
Format: | Double-elimination |
Ballpark: | All Pro Freight Stadium |
City: | Avon, OH |
Titlecount: | 11th |
Coach: | Jeff Duncan |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mvp: | Cody Koch |
Mvpteam: | Kent State |
The 2014 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 24. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon, Ohio. Kent State won the tournament, earning the conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1] [2]
Seeding in the eight-team field is determined by conference winning percentage, regardless of division. Teams play a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a single elimination final.
Team ! | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
East | 18 | 9 | – | 3 | ||
16 | 11 | 2 | 4 | |||
15 | 12 | 3 | 5 | |||
13 | 13 | 4.5 | 6 | |||
12 | 15 | 6 | 7 | |||
7 | 20 | 11 | – | |||
West | 22 | 4 | – | 1 | ||
19 | 8 | 3.5 | 2 | |||
11 | 16 | 11.5 | 8 | |||
11 | 16 | 11.5 | – | |||
11 | 16 | 11.5 | – | |||
6 | 21 | 15.5 | – |
* - Indicates game required extra innings.
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Kent State's Cody Koch, one of five Golden Flashes selected, was named Most Valuable Player.[3]
Name | Team | |
---|---|---|
Mike Burke | Buffalo | |
Theo Piccirilli | Western Michigan | |
Matt LaRocca | Akron | |
Pat Dyer | Akron | |
John Valek | Akron | |
Brian Clark | Kent State | |
Cody Koch | Kent State | |
John Fasola | Kent State | |
Jon Wilson | Kent State | |
Zarley Zalewski | Kent State |