2004 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2004 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2004. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Bill Theunissen Stadium on the campus of Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. This was the sixteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Fourth seed Kent State won their fifth tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2004 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsKent State (5th title)
Winning coachRick Rembielak (3rd title)
MVPRyan Ford Eastern Michigan
Andy Sonnanstine (Kent State)
2004 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East
Miami  x‍‍‍ 14–8 .63636–21 .632
Kent State  ‍‍‡‍y 14–10 .58336–27 .571
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .50025–29 .463
Akron  ‍‍‍ 11–12 .47826–27 .491
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 10–13 .43527–27 .500
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 4–18 .18215–39 .278
West
Central Michigan  x‍‍‍ 18–6 .75033–24 .579
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58332–27 .542
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58331–28 .525
Ball State  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .58328–28 .500
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 13–11 .54228–19 .596
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .33320–34 .370
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 7–17 .29221–35 .375
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2004[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 seventh year of the six team tournament.

TeamWLPCTGBSeed
East Division
Miami148.636
–
2
Kent State1410.583
1
6
Ohio1212.500
3
–
Akron1112.478
3.5
–
Marshall1013.435
4.5
–
Buffalo418.182
10
–
West Division
Central Michigan186.750
–
1
Eastern Michigan1410.583
4
3
Ball State1410.583
4
4
Northern Illinois1410.583
4
5
Bowling Green1311.542
5
–
Toledo816.333
10
–
Western Michigan717.292
11
–

Results
First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
6Kent State0
4Ball State4
1Central Michigan04Ball State6
6Kent State62Miami72Miami0
1Central Michigan0
3Eastern Michigan2
2Miami6
3Eastern Michigan10
3Eastern Michigan4
4Ball State4
3Eastern Michigan176Kent State7
5Northern Illinois12
2Miami43Eastern Michigan6
5Northern Illinois86Kent State10
5Northern Illinois6
6Kent State8

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Ryan FordEastern Michigan
Andy SonnanstineKent State
Joe TuckerKent State
Chad KinyonKent State
Brian BixlerEastern Michigan
Derrick PetersonEastern Michigan
Eric SansouciNorthern Illinois
Jason BrownMiami
Todd KimlingEastern Michigan
Chuck MooreKent State

Most Valuable Player

Ryan Ford and Andy Sonnanstine were named co-Most Valuable Players. Ford played for Eastern Michigan while Sonnanstine was a pitcher for Kent State.[4]

References
  1. "All-time Standings" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  2. "Mid-American Conference Tournament History" (PDF). Mid-American Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2014. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  3. 2012 Record Book (PDF). Miami RedHawks. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 1, 2012. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  4. "All-Tournament Teams & Tournament MVP's" (PDF). Mid-American Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
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