# 2009 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament

The 2009 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament took place from May 20 through 23. The top eight regular season finishers of the league's twelve teams, regardless of division, met in the double-elimination tournament held at V.A. Memorial Stadium in Chillicothe, Ohio. Kent State won their seventh tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

## Seeding

The winners of each division claim the top two seeds, with the next six teams, based on conference winning percentage claim the third through eight seeds. Kent State claimed the second seed by tiebreaker over Bowling Green, while Toledo claimed the third seed over Ball State. The teams played a two bracket, double-elimination tournament leading to a final matching the winners of each bracket.
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | Seed |
| East Division ||||||
| Bowling Green | 18 | 8 | .692 | – | 1 |
| Ohio | 18 | 9 | .667 | .5 | 3 |
| Kent State | 17 | 9 | .654 | 1 | 4 |
| Miami | 15 | 12 | .556 | 3.5 | 5 |
| Akron | 12 | 15 | .444 | 6.5 | – |
| Buffalo | 6 | 20 | .231 | 12 | – |
| West Division ||||||
| Ball State | 14 | 10 | .583 | – | 2 |
| Toledo | 14 | 12 | .538 | 1 | 6 |
| Eastern Michigan | 13 | 14 | .481 | 2.5 | 7 |
| Central Michigan | 12 | 15 | .444 | 3.5 | 8 |
| Northern Illinois | 10 | 16 | .385 | 5 | – |
| Western Michigan | 9 | 18 | .333 | 6.5 | – |

## Results

| First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Central Michigan | 6 | 8 | Central Michigan | 2 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Kent State | 17 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Kent State | 6 | 4 | Kent State | 17 | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Miami | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | Miami | 4 | | | | 4 | Kent State | 12 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Miami | 8 | — | | | |
| 1 | Bowling Green | 4 | | | | 5 | Miami | 8 | — | | | |
| 5 | Miami | 17 | 8 | Central Michigan | 4 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Miami | 10 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Kent State | 5 |
| 2 | Ball State | 16 | | | | | | | | 4 | Kent State | 5 |
| 2 | Ball State | 16 | | | | | | | | 6 | Toledo | 3 |
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | 19 | | | | | | | | 6 | Toledo | 3 |
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | 19 | 7 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Toledo | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Ohio | 4 | 6 | Toledo | 7 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Toledo | 14 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Toledo | 14 | | | | 6 | Toledo | 9 | — | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | — | | | |
| 2 | Ball State | 6 | | | | 7 | Eastern Michigan | 6 | — | | | |
| 3 | Ohio | 15 | 7 | Eastern Michigan | 13 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 3 | Ohio | 4 | | | | | | | |

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Name | School |
| Jordan Petraitis | Miami |
| Kyle Rhoad | Eastern Michigan |
| Zack Leonard | Eastern Michigan |
| Chris Dudics | Toledo |
| Jim Vahalik | Toledo |
| Dan Sherwood | Toledo |
| Kyle Hallock | Kent State |
| Jimmy Rider | Kent State |
| Jason Patton | Kent State |
| Chris Tremblay | Kent State |

### Most Valuable Player

Chris Tremblay won the Tournament Most Valuable Player award. Tremblay was an infielder for Kent State.