2005 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2005 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2005. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Stanley G. McKie Field at Joseph P. Hayden Jr. Park on the campus of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. This was the seventeenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Top seed Miami won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]

2005 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsMiami (3rd title)
Winning coachTracy Smith (2nd title)
MVPPaul Freitch (Miami)
2005 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
East
Miami  x‍‍‡‍y 17–5–0 .77345–18–0 .714
Akron  ‍‍‍ 11–8–0 .57925–29–0 .463
Ohio  ‍‍‍ 9–10–1 .47525–25–1 .500
Kent State  ‍‍‍ 9–10–0 .47433–20–0 .623
Marshall  ‍‍‍ 8–16–0 .33316–34–0 .320
Buffalo  ‍‍‍ 5–14–1 .27519–30–1 .390
West
Ball State  x‍‍‍ 17–5–0 .77338–18–0 .679
Central Michigan  ‍‍‍ 18–6–0 .75042–18–0 .700
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍ 12–8–0 .60033–18–0 .647
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍ 13–9–0 .59126–24–0 .520
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍ 8–14–0 .36422–34–0 .393
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍ 6–18–0 .25016–36–1 .311
Toledo  ‍‍‍ 5–17–0 .22715–39–0 .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2005[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 eighth year of the six team tournament.

TeamWLTPCTGBSeed
East Division
Miami1750.773
–
1
Akron1180.579
4.5
6
Ohio9101.475
6
–
Kent State9100.474
6.5
–
Marshall8160.333
10
–
Buffalo5141.275
11.5
–
West Division
Ball State1750.773
–
2
Central Michigan1860.750
–
3
Western Michigan1390.591
4
4
Bowling Green1280.600
4
5
Eastern Michigan8140.364
9
—
Northern Illinois6180.250
12
—
Toledo5170.227
12
–

Results
First roundSecond roundThird roundSemifinalsFinal
1Miami2
6Akron02Miami9*
4Western Michigan5*
3Central Michigan51Miami0
4Western Michigan43Central Michigan5
3Central Michigan83Central Michigan26
2Ball State71Miami510
2Ball State5*1Miami9
5Bowling Green4*2Ball State62Ball State3
6Akron36Akron3
5Bowling Green0

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
Brad MillerBall State
Eric EarnhartBall State
Troy MorattiCentral Michigan
Bryan MitzelCentral Michigan
Jim GeldoffCentral Michigan
Brian CanadaMiami
John ElyMiami
Michael MoljewskiMiami
Keith WesierMiami
Paul FrietchMiami

Most Valuable Player

Paul Frietch was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Frietch played for Miami.[4]

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