2006 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2006 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place in May 2006. The top six regular season finishers met in the double-elimination tournament held at Olga Mural Field at Schoonover Stadium on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. This was the eighteenth Mid-American Conference postseason tournament to determine a champion. Third-seed Ball State won their third tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[2][3]

2006 Mid-American Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Schoonover Stadium Kent, OH
Champions	Ball State (1st title)
Winning coach	Greg Beals (1st title)
MVP	Kyle Dygert (Ball State)
← 2005 baseball tournament 2007 →

2006 Mid-American Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State  x‍‍‍	19	–	7		.731			38	–	19		.667
Miami  ‍‍‍	17	–	10		.630			33	–	25		.569
Ohio  ‍‍‍	14	–	13		.519			22	–	25		.468
Bowling Green  ‍‍‍	11	–	16		.407			26	–	27		.491
Akron  ‍‍‍	8	–	18		.308			15	–	36		.294
Buffalo  ‍‍‍	6	–	21		.222			15	–	37		.288
West
Central Michigan  x‍‍‍	17	–	9		.654			35	–	23		.603
Ball State  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	9		.640			38	–	22		.633
Western Michigan  ‍‍‍	16	–	9		.640			30	–	22		.577
Eastern Michigan  ‍‍‍	14	–	12		.538			27	–	27		.500
Toledo  ‍‍‍	11	–	15		.423			26	–	27		.491
Northern Illinois  ‍‍‍	8	–	18		.308			24	–	31		.436
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2006[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 ninth year of the six team tournament.

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Seed
East Division
Kent State	19	7	.731	–	1
Miami	17	10	.630	2.5	5
Ohio	14	13	.519	5.5	–
Bowling Green	11	16	.407	8.5	–
Akron	8	18	.407	11	–
Buffalo	6	21	.222	13.5	–
West Division
Central Michigan	17	9	.654	–	2
Ball State	16	9	.640	.5	3
Western Michigan	16	9	.640	.5	4
Eastern Michigan	14	12	.538	3	6
Toledo	11	15	.423	6	–
Northern Illinois	8	18	.308	9	–

Results

	First round					Second round					Third round					Semifinals					Final
	1	Kent State	2
	6	Eastern Michigan	1			1	Kent State	4
						4	Western Michigan	3
	3	Ball State	6								1	Kent State	4*
	4	Western Michigan	2								3	Ball State	5*
						3	Ball State	12													3	Ball State	7	—
						2	Central Michigan	5													1	Kent State	4	—
	2	Central Michigan	8													1	Kent State	11
	5	Miami	2								2	Central Michigan	3			5	Miami	1
						6	Eastern Michigan	2			5	Miami	6
						5	Miami	11

* - Indicates game required 11 innings.

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Kyle Dygert	Ball State
Eric Earnhart	Ball State
Kyle Heyne	Ball State
Chris Pestle	Ball State
Justin Rogers	Ball State
Andrew Davis	Kent State
Kurt Eichorn	Kent State
Chad Wagler	Kent State
Noah Lankford	Central Michigan
Eric Darlage	Miami

Most Valuable Player

Kyle Dygert was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Dygert played for Ball State.^[4]