2007–08 Mid-American Conference season

Mid-American Conference
Data
Classification	NCAA Division I FBS
Established	1946
Members	12
Sports fielded	23 (11 men's, 12 women's)
Region	Great Lakes
States	5 – Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio
Headquarters	Cleveland, Ohio
Locations

The 2007–08 Mid-American Conference season was its 62nd season in existence. The Mid-American Conference (MAC) competed at Division I in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It sponsored 23 sports (11 men's and 12 women's).

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment
East Division
University of Akron	Zips	Akron, Ohio	1870	Public	24,704
Bowling Green State University	Falcons	Bowling Green, Ohio	1910	Public	22,882
University at Buffalo	Bulls	Buffalo, New York	1846	Public	28,054
Kent State University	Golden Flashes	Kent, Ohio	1910	Public	34,056
Miami University	RedHawks	Oxford, Ohio	1809	Public	20,126
Ohio University	Bobcats	Athens, Ohio	1804	Public	20,437
West Division
Ball State University	Cardinals	Muncie, Indiana	1918	Public	20,113
Central Michigan University	Chippewas	Mount Pleasant, Michigan	1892	Public	26,788
Eastern Michigan University	Eagles	Ypsilanti, Michigan	1849	Public	22,974
Northern Illinois University	Huskies	DeKalb, Illinois	1895	Public	25,313
University of Toledo	Rockets	Toledo, Ohio	1872	Public	19,706
Western Michigan University	Broncos	Kalamazoo, Michigan	1903	Public	24,433

Four schools have affiliate membership status:

Institution	Nickname	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Sport
Chicago State University	Cougars	Chicago, Illinois	1867	Public	7,131	Men's tennis
Hartwick College	Hawks	Oneonta, New York	1797	Private	1,520	Men's soccer
Missouri State University	Lady Bears	Springfield, Missouri	1905	Public	17,425	Field hockey
Temple University	Owls	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	1884	Public	34,218	Football

The Reese and Jacoby trophies are awarded to the top men's and women's athletic departments in the Mid-American Conference.

Points are awarded based on each school's finish, with the overall total divided by the number of sports sponsored by each school. An institution may count either indoor track and field or outdoor track and field but not both.^[1]

Institution	BB	BKB	CC	FB	Golf	Soc	Sw	Ten	TFI	TFO	W	No. Sports	Total	Avg
Eastern Michigan	10½	7	12½	5½	12½	-	11	-	12	10	6	8	77	9.6
Kent State	12½	13	6	1	11½	-	-	-	7	8	10	7	61	8.7
Central Michigan	6	7	9	13	-	-	-	-	3	4	12	6	50	8.3
Akron	3½	10½	7	3½	7	12	-	-	9	12	-	7	55½	7.9
Miami	2	9	11½	10½	6	-	8½	-	-	6	-	7	53½	7.6
Western Michigan	6	12	-	5½	-	2	-	12	-	-	-	5	37½	7.5
Ball State	8½	3½	-	10½	9	-	2½	10	-	-	-	6	44	7.3
Bowling Green	12½	4½	2½	12	2½	6	-	-	-	-	-	6	40	6.7
Ohio	7½	9	8	7½	5	-	-	-	-	-	2	6	39	6.5
Toledo	4½	5½	1	3½	8	-	-	8	-	-	-	6	30½	5.1
NIU	9½	2	-	2	1	4	-	6	-	-	8	7	32½	4.6
Buffalo	1	1	5	9	-	9	5½	2	3	2	4	9	39½	4.4
Hartwick *	-	-	-	-	-	8	-	-	-	-	-	1	8	8.0
Temple *	-	-	-	7½	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	7½	7.5
Chicago State *	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	-	-	-	1	4	4.0

* Affiliate status only. Does not qualify for trophy.

Institution	BKB	CC	FH	Golf	Gym	SB	Soc	Sw	Ten	TFI	TFO	VB	No. Sports	Total	Avg
Miami	12	10½	8	-	-	9½	5	8	11½	10½	10½	12	9	87	9.7
Ohio	8½	13	12	5	-	7½	7½	12½	-	3½	6½	13	9	85½	9.5
Kent State	3½	4½	10	12½	12	13	6½	-	-	5½	9½	8½	9	80	8.9
Western Michigan	7½	5½	-	8	5	8½	1½	-	12½	12	12	10	9	70½	7.8
Eastern Michigan	10	2	-	11	11	3½	9	9	8½	6½	4	6½	10	77	7.7
Toledo	4½	9½	-	9	-	1	12	11	8½	4½	5½	1½	9	62½	6.9
Central Michigan	2	7½	6	-	9	10½	3½	-	-	8½	8½	7½	8	54½	6.8
Bowling Green	13	6½	-	1½	2	12	9	5	6½	2	2	10	10	67½	6.8
Ball State	10	8½	4	6	3	6½	13	1½	5	9½	4	4½	11	71½	6.5
Akron	1	12	-	-	-	5½	1½	3	1	13	13	3½	8	40½	5.1
Buffalo	6½	3½	-	-	-	2	5	6	6½	7½	7½	1½	8	38½	4.8
NIU	5½	1	-	3	7	4½	10½	-	2½	1	1	5½	9	40½	4.5
Missouri State *	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	2.0

* Affiliate status only. Does not qualify for trophy.

The 2008 baseball season begins in February 2008 and concludes with the NCAA tournament in June 2008. Kent State is the defending East division and conference tournament champion and finished 0–2 in the 2007 NCAA baseball tournament. Eastern Michigan won the MAC West division.

The 2007-08 men's basketball season begins in November 2007 and concludes with the NCAA tournament in March 2008. Miami won the 2007 conference tournament, defeating East division champion Akron in the finals. Miami was seeded 14th in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball tournament and lost to 3rd seed Oregon in the first round. Toledo is the defending West division champion.

Kent State was picked by the MAC News Media Association to win the East Division and Western Michigan was picked to win the West Division. Kent State was picked to win the MAC Tournament.

2007–08 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings

v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
East
Kent State †	13	–	3		.813			28	–	7		.800
Akron	11	–	5		.688			24	–	11		.686
Ohio	9	–	7		.563			20	–	13		.606
Miami (OH)	9	–	7		.563			17	–	16		.515
Bowling Green	7	–	9		.438			13	–	16		.448
Buffalo	3	–	13		.188			10	–	20		.333
West
Western Michigan	12	–	4		.750			20	–	12		.625
Central Michigan	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Eastern Michigan	8	–	8		.500			14	–	17		.452
Toledo	7	–	8		.467			11	–	19		.367
Ball State	5	–	11		.313			6	–	24		.200
Northern Illinois	3	–	12		.200			6	–	22		.214
† 2008 MAC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The following are the MAC men's basketball players of the week. Number of awards won this season are in parentheses.

The 2007-08 women's basketball season begins in November 2007 and concludes with the NCAA tournament in March 2008. East division champion Bowling Green defeated West champion Ball State in the finals of the conference tournament. Bowling Green, which entered the 2007 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball tournament ranked 18th and 20th in the USA Today Coaches Poll and Associated Press Poll, respectively, was seeded 7th and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen, defeating 10th seeded Oklahoma State and 2nd seeded Vanderbilt along the way.

East Seed Team Conference Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. E1 Bowling Green 13 3 .813 – 26 8 .765 E2 Miami 12 4 .750 1 23 11 .676 E3 Ohio 10 6 .625 3 20 13 .606 E4 Buffalo 8 8 .500 5 15 15 .500 E5 Kent State 5 11 .313 8 9 21 .300 E6 Akron 2 14 .125 11 7 24 .226

West Seed Team Conference Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. W1 Ball State * 11 5 .688 – 15 15 .500 W2 Eastern Michigan 11 5 .688 – 17 12 .586 W3 Western Michigan 9 7 .563 2 13 19 .406 W4 NIU 6 8 .429 4 10 18 .357 W5 Toledo 5 10 .333 5½ 14 16 .467 W6 Central Michigan 2 13 .133 8½ 6 23 .207

* Received W1 seed based on 2-0 head-to-head record vs. Eastern Michigan.

First Round Sun/Mon, March 9/10

Quarterfinals Tuesday, March 11

Semifinals Friday, March 14

Final Saturday, March 15

W1

Ball State

60

W5

Toledo

65

E4

Buffalo

50

W5

Toledo

53

W5

Toledo

66

E2

Miami

70

E2

Miami

65

W3

Western Michigan

60

W3

Western Michigan

84

E6

Akron

54

E2

Miami

67

E3

Ohio

56

E1

Bowling Green

76

E5

Kent

62

W4

NIU

67

E5

Kent

75

E1

Bowling Green

66

E3

Ohio

68 *

W2

Eastern Michigan

62

E3

Ohio

76

E3

Ohio

68

W6

Central Michigan

65

* double overtime

The following are the MAC women's basketball players of the week. Number of awards won this season are in parentheses.

The 2007 men's cross country season began in August 2007 and concluded with the NCAA Men's Cross Country Championship in November 2007. Eastern Michigan won the team championship, placing three runners in the top 5. Miami was the runner up. Josh Perrin of EMU won the individual championship. The win was EMU's third consecutive team championship.

Nine of the ten MAC teams competed in the NCAA Great Lakes Regional. Eastern Michigan finished 7th, followed by Miami (9th), Kent State (10th), Central Michigan (12th), Ohio (14th), Akron (18th), Toledo (29th). Bowling Green did not place. Buffalo competed in the Northeast Regional and finished 18th. No teams qualified to compete in the NCAA Cross Country Championships.

Josh Karanja (Eastern Michigan), Craig Leon (Ohio) and Pat Sovacool (Miami) qualified for the individual championship. Leon finished 106th, Sovacool 135th and Karanja 150th.

• Team: Eastern Michigan
• Individual: Josh Perrin, Eastern Michigan (24:33)

1. Eastern Michigan, 31 points
2. Miami, 50
3. Central Michigan, 98
4. Ohio, 116
5. Akron, 120
6. Kent State, 130
7. Buffalo, 180
8. Bowling Green, 241
9. Toledo, 258

The 2007 women's cross country season began in August 2007 and concludes with the NCAA Women's Cross Country Championship in November 2007. Ohio won its second team championship in as many years. Laura Neufarth of Miami won the individual championship.

• Team: Ohio
• Individual: Laura Neufarth, Miami (17:35)

1. Ohio, 56 points
2. Akron, 58
3. Miami, 77
4. Toledo, 89
5. Ball State, 135
6. Central Michigan, 174
7. Bowling Green, 218
8. Western Michigan, 224
9. Kent State, 230
10. Buffalo, 232
11. Eastern Michigan, 286
12. NIU, 289

Ohio captured the Mid-American Conference regular season championship, finishing 2 games better than second place Kent State. Ohio also won the MAC tournament championship, defeating Miami 3–2 in overtime. The victory marked the first time an Ohio field hockey team has won the regular season and tournament championships two years in a row. Ohio was ranked 15 in the final STX/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll.

Ohio defeated American University 3–2 in the NCAA Women's Field Hockey Championship Opening Round game. Ohio lost to #6 ranked Michigan Wolverines 1–0 in overtime in the First Round of the tournament.

The conference tournament took place November 1 through November 3 in Oxford, OH.

	November 1 Oxford, OH					November 2 Oxford, OH					November 3 Oxford, OH
						1	Ohio	3
						4	Central Michigan	0
	4	Central Michigan	1
	5	Ball State	0
											1	Ohio	3
											3	Miami	2
	3	Miami	3
	6	Missouri State	1
						2	Kent State	2
						3	Miami	3

• Torrie Albini, F, Ohio
• Taylor Florence, F, Miami
• Danielle Gaynor, MF, Miami
• Louise Gerike, GK, Central Michigan
• Nikki Gnozzio, D, Ohio
• Jessie Martin, GK, Ohio
• Anna McComb, MF, Kent State
• Rachel Miller, F, Kent State
• Alyssa Nye, F, Miami
• Kim Sihota, MF, Central Michigan

Team	Conference				Overall
	W	L	Pct.	GB	W	L	Pct.
Ohio	9	1	.900	-	15	4	.789
Kent State	7	3	.700	2	12	8	.600
Miami	6	4	.600	3	8	10	.444
Central Michigan	4	6	.400	5	5	13	.278
Ball State	3	7	.300	6	5	12	.294
Missouri State	1	9	.100	8	2	18	.100

• Player of the Year: Jessie Martin, Ohio
• Coach of the Year: Kathleen Schanne, Kent State
• Freshman of the Year: Rachel Miller, Kent State
• All MAC, First Team
  • Rachelle Coetzee, Ohio, Midfielder, Senior
  • Lauren Cruz, Ball State, Midfielder, Senior
  • Kim Erasmus, Central Michigan, Midfielder, Sophomore
  • Taylor Florence, Miami, Forward, Senior
  • Nikki Gnozzio, Ohio, Forward, Sophomore
  • Sarah Johnson, Missouri State, Defense, Junior
  • Brooke MacGillivary, Ball State, Forward, Sophomore
  • Jessie Martin, Ohio, Goalkeeper, Junior
  • Rachel Miller, Kent State, Forward, Freshman
  • Charlotte Muller, Kent State, Midfielder, Senior
  • Alyssa Nye, Miami, Forward, Senior

2007 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t	Div							Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L					W		L
East Division
Miami (OH) xy		4	–	2					5	–	2					6	–	7
Bowling Green x		4	–	2					6	–	2					8	–	5
Buffalo x		4	–	2					5	–	3					5	–	7
Ohio		3	–	3					4	–	4					6	–	6
Temple		3	–	3					4	–	4					4	–	8
Akron		2	–	4					3	–	5					4	–	8
Kent State		1	–	5					1	–	7					3	–	9
West Division
Central Michigan xy$		4	–	1					6	–	1					8	–	6
Ball State x		4	–	1					5	–	2					7	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	2					3	–	4					4	–	8
Western Michigan		2	–	3					3	–	4					5	–	7
Toledo		2	–	3					3	–	5					5	–	7
Northern Illinois		0	–	5					1	–	6					2	–	10
Championship: Central Michigan 35, Miami 10
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Due to an unbalanced conference schedule, the team with best division record within each division was awarded that division's championship game berth.

The 2007 MAC football season began in August 2007 and concludes with the 2008 GMAC Bowl on January 6, 2008.

1. Eastern Michigan
2. Kent State
3. Ball State
4. Toledo
5. Akron
6. Miami
7. Ohio
8. Bowling Green
9. NIU

1. Kent State (1177)
2. Eastern Michigan (1228)
3. Toledo (1232)
4. Western Michigan (1272)
5. Ball State (1277)
6. Ohio (1297)
7. NIU (1308)
8. Bowling Green (1310)

1. Kent State, 195.675 points
2. Eastern Michigan, 193.800
3. Central Michigan, 193.675
4. NIU, 193.375
5. Western Michigan, 192.500
6. Ball State, 192.100
7. Bowling Green, 192.025

The following are the gymnastics players of the week. Number of awards won this season are in parentheses.

	November 13 Campus sites					November 16 Akron, OH					November 18 Akron, OH
						1	Akron	2 †
						5	NIU	1
	4	Bowling Green	0
	5	NIU	3
											1	Akron	1 †
											2	Buffalo	0
	3	Hartwick	1 *
	6	Western Michigan	1
						2	Buffalo	1
						3	Hartwick	0

* Hartwick advances 4-2 on penalty kicks
† Double overtime

Team	Conference					Overall
	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	W	L	T	Pct.
Akron	4	0	1	.900	-	13	3	2	.778
Buffalo	3	2	0	.600	1½	9	5	2	.667
Hartwick	2	1	2	.600	1½	5	4	6	.533
Bowling Green	2	2	1	.500	2	6	9	3	.417
NIU	1	3	1	.300	3	6	8	4	.444
Western Michigan	0	4	1	.100	4	7	10	1	.417

	November 4 Campus sites					November 9 Muncie, IN					November 11 Muncie, IN
	1	Ball State	1
	8	Miami	0
						1	Ball State	0
						4	Bowling Green	0 **
	4	Bowling Green	2 *
	5	Eastern Michigan	1
											4	Bowling Green	2
											2	Toledo	2 ‡
	3	NIU	1
	6	Ohio	0
						3	NIU	0
						2	Toledo	0 †
	2	Toledo	4
	7	Kent State	3

* Overtime
** Bowling Green advances 3-0 on penalty kicks
† Toledo advances 4-3 on penalty kicks
‡ Toledo wins championship 3-2 on penalty kicks

Seed	Team	Conference					Overall
		W	L	T	Pct.	GB	W	L	T	Pct.
1	Ball State	9	1	1	.864	-	13	5	1	.711
2	Toledo	8	3	0	.727	1½	14	5	1	.725
3	NIU	6	3	2	.636	2½	10	5	4	.632
4	Bowling Green	6	5	0	.545	3½	10	9	1	.525
5	Eastern Michigan	5	4	2	.545	3½	7	8	4	.474
6	Ohio	5	5	1	.500	4	5	11	3	.342
7	Kent State	5	6	0	.455	4½	7	11	1	.395
8	Miami	4	6	1	.409	5	6	10	3	.395
-	Buffalo	4	6	1	.409	5	7	10	2	.421
-	Central Michigan	4	7	0	.364	5½	8	10	0	.444
-	Western Michigan	2	7	2	.273	6½	4	11	3	.306
-	Akron	1	6	4	.273	6½	6	7	6	.474

Team	Conference					Overall
	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	W	L	T	Pct.
Eastern Michigan	3	0	0	1.000	–	6	3	0	.667
Miami	2	1	0	.667	1	6	5	1	.542
Buffalo	1	2	0	.333	2	3	3	0	.500
Ball State	0	3	0	.000	3	4	4	0	.500

1. Eastern Michigan, 589 points
2. Miami, 315.5
3. Buffalo, 200
4. Ball State, 111

Team	Conference					Overall
	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	W	L	T	Pct.
Toledo	7	0	0	1.000	–	11	2	0	.846
Ohio	6	1	0	.857	1	12	1	0	.923
Eastern Michigan	5	2	0	.714	2	9	3	0	.750
Ball State	4	3	0	.571	3	9	4	0	.692
Buffalo	3	4	0	.429	4	6	4	0	.600
Miami	3	4	0	.429	4	5	6	0	.455
Akron	1	6	0	.143	6	3	7	0	.300
Bowling Green	0	7	0	.000	7	0	7	0	.000

1. Ohio, 679.5 points
2. Toledo, 605.5
3. Eastern Michigan, 575
4. Miami, 538
5. Buffalo, 341
6. Bowling Green, 333.5
7. Akron, 246
8. Ball State, 175.5

1. Eastern Michigan, 207 points

2. Akron, 124

3. Kent State, 98

4. Central Michigan, 47

4. Buffalo, 47

1. Akron, 182 points
2. Eastern Michigan, 182
3. Kent State, 153
4. Miami, 192.5
5. Central Michigan, 85.5
6. Buffalo, 79

The 2007 Mid-American Conference volleyball season begins in August and ends with the NCAA tournament in November. The MAC Tournament begins November 13 on campus sites and concludes with the finals November 18 at the SeaGate Convention Centre in Toledo, OH.

	November 13 Campus sites					November 16 SeaGate Centre					November 17 SeaGate Centre					November 18 SeaGate Centre
	8	NIU	3
	9	Ball State	1
						8	NIU	1
						1	Ohio	3
											1	Ohio	3
											5	Kent State	1
	5	Kent State	3
	12	Buffalo	0
						5	Kent State	3
						4	Bowling Green	0
																1	Ohio	0
																3	Miami	3
	7	Eastern Michigan	3
	10	Akron	0
						7	Eastern Michigan	3
						2	Western Michigan	1
											7	Eastern Michigan	0
											3	Miami	3
	6	Central Michigan	3
	11	Toledo	2
						6	Central Michigan	0
						3	Miami	3

East Team Conference Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. Ohio 15 1 .938 – 25 5 .833 Miami 13 3 .813 2 19 9 .679 Bowling Green 12 4 .750 3 21 10 .677 Kent State 11 5 .688 4 20 9 .690 Akron 2 15 .118 13 10 19 .345 Buffalo 1 15 .063 14 2 31 .061

West Team Conference Overall W L Pct. GB W L Pct. Western Michigan 12 4 .750 – 21 10 .677 Central Michigan 10 6 .625 2 21 10 .677 Eastern Michigan 8 8 .500 4 20 14 .588 NIU 7 9 .438 5 14 18 .438 Ball State 4 12 .250 8 5 25 .167 Toledo 1 15 .063 11 4 24 .143

Central Michigan was picked to win the MAC Championship by the league coaches. Kent State was picked to finish second. The 2008 MAC Championships will be held March 8 through 9, 2008 at Kent State.

Team	Conference					Overall
	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	W	L	T	Pct.
Central Michigan	5	0	0	1.000	-	16	2	0	.889
Kent State	4	1	0	.800	1	14	5	0	.737
NIU	3	2	0	.600	2	10	7	0	.588
Eastern Michigan	2	3	0	.400	3	15	7	1	.674
Buffalo	1	4	0	.200	4	8	7	1	.531
Ohio	0	5	0	.100	5	6	16	0	.273

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