Flashes Open MAC Tourney with Miami
5/20/2024 4:20:00 PM | Baseball
KENT- The Golden Flashes are headed to the conference tournament this week in Avon as the number five seed and open against the Miami Redhawks on Wednesday evening.
The 4/5 game will be the second game on Wednesday with a projected 6 p.m. first pitch. The winner of that game will advance to play either Bowling Green (Thursday at 2) or Western Michigan (Thursday at 6), Bowling Green will face the lowest advancing seed. The loser of Wednesday's game will play the loser of the first game of the tournament, that game will be Thursday at 10 a.m. The full tournament schedule is listed below.
Avon and the MAC tournament has been historically good to the Flashes. In the eight previous tournaments held in Avon, the Flashes have won three. Kent State's 12 total tournament titles triple the next closest MAC school.
The Flashes and Miami tangled at the start of May, with Miami winning a pair of one-run games. By winning the regular season series, Miami will be the four-seed and the home team on Wednesday.
The Mid-American Conference will stream the entire tournament on ESPN+, all the Kent State games will air on the Kent State Digital Network via KentStateSports.com and the GoFlashes App. Links to watch, listen and follow along will be available on the baseball schedule page. For fans looking to purchase tickets, please click the link at the top of the page, the Mid-American Conference will have day and tourney passes available.
2024 MAC Baseball Tournament | May 22-25, 2024
Crushers Stadium | Avon, Ohio
Wednesday, May 22nd
Game 1 - No. 3 Ball State vs. No. 6 Toledo, 12:30 p.m.
Game 2 - No. 4 Miami vs. No. 5 Kent State, 6 p.m.
Thursday, May 23rd
Game 3 - G1 Loser vs. G2 Loser, 10 a.m.
Game 4 - G1 Winner vs. No. 1 Bowling Green, 2 p.m.
Game 5 - G2 Winner vs. No. 2 Western Michigan, 6 p.m.
Friday, May 24th
Game 6 - G3 Winner vs. G4 Loser, 10 a.m.
Game 7 - G6 Winner vs. G5 Loser, 2 p.m.
Game 8 - G4 Winner vs. Game 5 Winner, 6 p.m.
Saturday, May 25th
Game 9 - G7 Winner vs. G8 Loser, 12:30 p.m.
Game 10 - G8 Winner vs. G9 Winner, 6 p.m.
Sunday, May 26th
Game 11 (if necessary) - Replay of G10, 12 p.m.
