No. 27 Kent State Baseball Locks Sights On Fourth Straight MAC Tournament Title
5/22/2012 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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PREVIEWING THE 2012 MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT Â Â
vs. No. 8-Seed Buffalo Bulls (18-34, 10-16 MAC) • First-Round Game
May 22, 2012 • 7:30 p.m.
All Pro Freight Stadium
Avon, Ohio
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Wednesday, May 23 • 7:30 p.m. ET PROBABLE PITCHING STARTERSKENT STATE: #37 David Starn (Sr., LHP, Hudson, Ohio) 8-3, 1.99 ERA, 105 SO, 30 BB, 14 GS, 90.2 IP
BUFFALO: #25 Cameron Copping (Sr., RHP, Temple City, Calif.) 6-3, 3.97 ERA, 75 SO, 37 BB, 13 GS, 90.2 IP
The No. 27-ranked Kent State baseball team has its sights set on a fourth straight Mid-American Conference Tournament crown and 12th NCAA Regional berth as the 2012 double-elimination tournament this week at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon, Ohio.
The Golden Flashes (37-17, 24-3 MAC) enter the tournament as the No. 1 seed for the second year in a row and will battle No. 8-seeded Buffalo Wednesday (May 23) at 7:30 p.m. in first-round action. The winner of the matchup will take on the victor of the first-round contest between No. 4-seed Ohio and No. 5-seeded Western Michigan Thursday (May 24) at 4 p.m. The losers of those two opening round games will battle to keep their seasons alive Thursday at 12:30 pm.
2012 MAC Tournament First-Round Matchups • Wednesday, May 23
No. 4 Ohio vs. No. 5 Western Michigan • 9 a.m.
No. 3 Central Michigan vs. No. 6 Eastern Michigan • 12:30 p.m.
No. 2 Toledo vs. No. 7 Miami • 4 p.m.
No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 8 Buffalo • 7:30 p.m.
2012 MAC Tournament Second-Round/Elimination Game Matchups • Thursday, May 24
Game 2 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser • 9 a.m.
Game 1 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser • 12:30 p.m.
Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner • 4 p.m.
Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner • 7:30 p.m.
Kent State enters the 2012 tournament having won an unprecedented three straight titles and four in the last five years under eighth-year head coach Scott Stricklin and have appeared in the championship game in each of the last six seasons. The Flashes have won the MAC Tournament nine times in the previous 30-year history of the event and own a 50-24 mark in 20 tournament appearances.
KENT STATE BASEBALL RESULTS IN THE MAC TOURNAMENT UNDER STRICKLIN
2006 at Kent, Ohio
Game 3 - Kent State 2, Eastern Michigan 1
Game 5 - Kent State 4, Western Michigan 3
Game 9 - Kent State 11, Miami 1
Game 10 - Ball State 7, Kent State 4
All-MAC Tournament Team: Andrew Davis, Kurt Eichorn, Chad Wagler
2007 at Ypsilanti, Mich.
Game 2 - Kent State 7, Northern Illinois 3
Game 6 - Kent State 4, Miami 3
Game 7 - Kent State 3, Eastern Michigan 2
Game 10 - Kent State 3, Eastern Michigan 2 (Tournament Champions)
All-MAC Tournament Team: Jason Patton (MVP), Andrew Davis, Reid Lamport, Kyle Smith, Will Vasquez
2008 at Chillicothe, Ohio
Game 4 - Kent State 4, Central Michigan 2
Game 8 - Kent State 10, Northern Illinois 0
Game 12 - Kent State 10, Northern Illinois 3
Game 13 - Eastern Michigan 12, Kent State 4
All-MAC Tournament Team: Doug Sanders, Brad Stillings, Greg Rohan
2009 at Chillicothe, Ohio
Game 1 - Kent State 6, Miami 4
Game 7 - Kent State 17, Central Michigan
Game 11 - Kent State 12, Miami 8
Game 13 - Kent State 5, Toledo 3 (Tournament Champions)
All-MAC Tournament Team: Chris Tremblay (MVP), Kyle Hallock, Jason Patton, Jimmy Rider
2010 at Chillicothe, Ohio
Game 3 - Eastern Michigan 12, Kent State 4
Game 5 - Kent State 9, Miami 2
Game 10 - Kent State 4, Toledo 3
Game 12 - Kent State 15, Eastern Michigan 1
Game 14 - Kent State 9, Eastern Michigan 8
Game 15 - Kent State 5, Central Michigan 3 (Tournament Champions)
All-MAC Tournament Team: Justin Gill (MVP), Jared Humphreys, Ben Klafczynski, Travis Shaw
2011 at Chillicothe, Ohio
Game 4 - Kent State 6, Bowling Green 2
Game 7 - Kent State 5, Eastern Michigan 4
Game 11 - Eastern Michigan 4, Kent State 2
Game 13 - Kent State 8, Eastern Michigan 0
Game 14 - Kent State 11, Miami 0
All-MAC Tournament Team: David Starn (MVP), Andrew Chafin, Evan Campbell, David Lyon
