2026 Mid-American Conference Tournament

The 2026 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament was held May 20-24 at ForeFront Field in Avon, OH. #4 Northern Illinois University defeated #3 University of Toledo for the title. Max Vaisvila of Northern Illinois was named MVP.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Miami University	25-8	Brian Smiley
2	Kent State University	24-9	Jeff Duncan
3	University of Toledo	21-12	Rob Reinstetle
4	Northern Illinois University	21-12	Ryan Copeland
5	Western Michigan University	20-13	Billy Gernon
6	Ball State University	18-15	Rich Maloney

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Finals
						1	Miami (OH)	5
	4	Northern Illinois	11			4	Northern Illinois	6
	5	Western Michigan	0								4	Northern Illinois	10
											3	Toledo	3
						2	Kent St.	0
	3	Toledo	8			3	Toledo	8
	6	Ball St.	2													4	Northern Illinois
	Losers Bracket 1-2					Losers Bracket 2					Losers Bracket 3
	1	Miami (OH)	1
	2	Kent St.	3								3	Toledo
						2	Kent St.	6			2	Kent St.
						5	Western Michigan	1
	5	Western Michigan	8
	6	Ball St.	6

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 20
Game 1	University of Toledo	8-2	Ball State University
Game 2	Northern Illinois University	11-0	Western Michigan University
May 21
Game 3	Western Michigan University	8-6	Ball State University	Ball St. eliminated
Game 4	Northern Illinois University	6-5	Miami University
Game 5	University of Toledo	8-0	Kent State University
May 22
Game 6	Kent State University	3-1	Miami University	Miami eliminated
Game 7	Kent State University	6-1	Western Michigan University	Western Michigan eliminated
Game 8	Northern Illinois University	10-3	University of Toledo
May 23
Game 9	University of Toledo	5-2	Kent State University	Kent St. eliminated
Game 10	Northern Illinois University	5-1	University of Toledo	Northern Illinois advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team

• Ciaran Caughey, Kent State
• Alejandro Covas, Kent State
• Gavin Baldwin, Northern Illinois
• Cooper Cohn, Northern Illinois
• Carter Cox, Northern Illinois
• Cole Smith, Northern Illinois
• Max Vaisvila, Northern Illinois
• Michael Fliss, Toledo
• Nathan Leininger, Toledo
• Troy Sudbrook, Toledo

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