1998 Mid-American Conference Tournament

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The 1998 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held in Bowling Green, OH. #1 Bowling Green State University defeated #5 Miami University for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 Bowling Green State University 17-10 Dan Schmitz
2 Ball State University 23-8 Rich Maloney
3 Kent State University 17-12 Rick Rembielak
4 Central Michigan University 23-9 Dean Kreiner
5 Miami University 17-13 Tracy Smith
6 Western Michigan University 16-16 Fred Decker

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First round Second round Third round Semi-finals Finals
                                                 
  1 Bowling Green St. 9  
  6 Western Michigan 7     1 Bowling Green St. 3  
    3 Kent St. 1    
  2 Ball St. 4         1 Bowling Green St. 6            
  5 Miami (OH) 7           5 Miami (OH) 11              
      5 Miami (OH) 6           5 Miami (OH) 0 6
      4 Central Michigan 5         1 Bowling Green St. 6 7
  3 Kent St. 0         1 Bowling Green St. 10    
  4 Central Michigan 8       4 Central Michigan 3     6 Western Michigan 1  
  6 Western Michigan 3     6 Western Michigan 7  
  2 Ball St. 2  


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
Game 1 Bowling Green State University 9-7 Western Michigan University
Game 2 Miami University 7-4 Ball State University
Game 3 Central Michigan University 8-0 Kent State University
Game 4 Western Michigan University 3-2 Ball State University Ball State eliminated
Game 5 Bowling Green State University 3-1 Kent State University Kent state eliminated
Game 6 Miami University 6-5 Central Michigan University
Game 7 Miami University 11-6 Bowling Green State University
Game 8 Western Michigan University 7-3 Central Michigan University Central Michigan eliminated
Game 9 Bowling Green State University 10-1 Western Michigan University Western Michigan eliminated
Game 10 Bowling Green State University 6-0 Miami University
Game 11 Bowling Green State University 7-6 Miami University Bowling Green advances to NCAA tournament