1997 Mid-American Conference Tournament

The 1997 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held in Athens, OH. #1 Ohio University defeated #3 Kent State University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Ohio University	22-9	Joe Carbone
2	Ball State University	21-10	Rich Maloney
3	Kent State University	18-13	Rick Rembielak
4	Miami University	17-13	Tracy Smith

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Final
	1	Ohio	23
	4	Miami (OH)	4
						1	Ohio	9
						2	Ball St.	6
	2	Ball St.	17
	3	Kent St.	5
											1	Ohio	7	x
											3	Kent St.	6	x
						2	Ball St.	10
	4	Miami (OH)	6			3	Kent St.	18
	3	Kent St.	9

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
Game 1	Ball State University	17-5	Kent State University
Game 2	Ohio University	23-4	Miami University
Game 3	Kent State University	9-6	Miami University	Miami eliminated
Game 4	Ohio University	9-6	Ball State University
Game 5	Kent State University	18-10	Ball State University	Ball State eliminated
Game 6	Ohio University	7-6	Kent State University	Ohio advances to NCAA tournament