2018 Mid-American Conference Tournament

The 2018 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held at Sprenger Stadium in Avon, OH. #1 Kent State University defeated #2 Miami University for the title. Eli Kraus of Kent State was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Kent State University	19-8	Jeff Duncan
2	Miami University	17-10	Danny Hayden
3	Ball State University	17-10	Rich Maloney
4	Central Michigan University	16-11	Steve Jaksa
5	University of Toledo	14-13	Corey Mee
6	Eastern Michigan University	14-13	Mark Van Ameyde

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Kent St.	8
	4	Central Michigan	7			4	Central Michigan	7
	5	Toledo	6								1	Kent St.	7
											2	Miami (OH)	2
						2	Miami (OH)	8
	3	Ball St.	6			3	Ball St.	1
	6	Eastern Michigan	2													1	Kent St.	14	x
																2	Miami (OH)	0	x
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	4	Central Michigan	6
	5	Toledo	5								2	Miami (OH)	9
						3	Ball St.	2			4	Central Michigan	8
						4	Central Michigan	7
	5	Toledo	2
	6	Eastern Michigan	1

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 23
Game 1	Ball State University	6-2	Eastern Michigan University
Game 2	Central Michigan University	7-6	University of Toledo
May 24
Game 3	University of Toledo	2-1	Eastern Michigan University	Eastern Michigan eliminated
Game 4	Kent State University	8-7	Central Michigan University
Game 5	Miami University	8-1	Ball State University
May 25
Game 6	Central Michigan University	6-5	University of Toledo	Toledo eliminated
Game 7	Central Michigan University	7-2	Ball State University	Ball State eliminated
Game 8	Kent State University	7-2	Miami University
May 26
Game 9	Miami University	9-8	Central Michigan University	Central Michigan eliminated
Game 10	Kent State University	14-0	Miami University	Kent State advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Zach Heeke, Central Michigan
• Cameron Brown, Central Michigan
• Jason Sullivan, Central Michigan
• Christian Tejada, Miami
• Shane Smith, Miami
• Will Vogelgesang, Miami
• Pavin Parks, Kent State
• Jared Skolnicki, Kent State
• Josh Hollander, Kent State
• Eli Kraus, Kent State