2007 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2007 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2007. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Oestrike Stadium on the campus of Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Michigan. This was the nineteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Second seed Kent State won their sixth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2007 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Oestrike Stadium Ypsilanti, MI
Champions	Kent State (6th title)
Winning coach	Scott Stricklin (1st title)
MVP	Jason Patton (Kent State)
← 2006 Baseball Tournament 2008 →

2007 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State  ^x‍‍‡‍^y	19	–	8		.704			33	–	26		.559
Miami  ‍‍‍	16	–	9		.640			32	–	24		.571
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			16	–	35		.314
Akron  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			23	–	24		.489
Ohio  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			23	–	31		.426
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	7	–	20		.259			22	–	32		.407
West
Eastern Michigan  ^x‍‍‍	21	–	4		.840			32	–	24		.571
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍	21	–	6		.778			35	–	21		.625
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	16	–	11		.593			34	–	24		.586
Toledo  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			26	–	28		.481
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			16	–	33		.327
Ball State  ‍‍‍	8	–	19		.296			20	–	34		.370
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2007^[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

The winner of each division claimed the top two seeds, while the next four finishers based on conference winning percentage only, regardless of division, participated in the tournament. The teams played double-elimination tournament. This was the tenth year of the six team tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Kent State	19	8	.704	–	2
Miami	16	9	.640	2	4
Buffalo	11	16	.407	8	–
Akron	8	16	.333	9.5	–
Ohio	8	19	.296	11	–
Bowling Green	7	20	.259	12	–
West Division
Eastern Michigan	21	4	.840	–	1
Central Michigan	21	6	.778	1	3
Northern Illinois	16	11	.593	6	5
Toledo	14	13	.519	8	6
Western Michigan	8	16	.333	12.5	–
Ball State	8	19	.296	14	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Eastern Michigan	6
	6	Toledo	5			1	Eastern Michigan	12
						3	Central Michigan	6
	3	Central Michigan	4								1	Eastern Michigan	2
	4	Miami	8								2	Kent State	3
						4	Miami	3													2	Kent State	3	—
						2	Kent State	4													1	Eastern Michigan	2	—
	2	Kent State	7													1	Eastern Michigan	9
	5	Northern Illinois	3								4	Miami	4			5	Northern Illinois	3
						6	Toledo	10			5	Northern Illinois	6
						5	Northern Illinois	11

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Name	School
Jason Patton	Kent State
Reid Lamport	Kent State
Will Vazquez	Kent State
Andrew Davis	Kent State
Kyle Smith	Kent State
Matt German	Northern Illinois
Jordan Petraitis	Miami
Kyle Rhoad	Eastern Michigan
Jeff Hehr	Eastern Michigan
Jeff Fischer	Eastern Michigan

Most Valuable Player

Jason Patton was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Patton played for Kent State.^[4]

References

1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
2. (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
3. (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved June 6, 2013.