Saturday Softball Postponed (UPDATE: MAC Tournament Scenarios)

Saturday, May 6

Kent, OH

1:00 PM

Bowling Green State University

Kent State

softball field flooded rain out cancelled postponed rain delay inclement

This is not an actual photo of the Diamond at Dix, merely a dramatization

May 06, 2017 | Softball

BGSU & KSU will attempt to play a Sunday DH

By: KENT, Ohio (BGSU Athletic Communications)

Saturday's scheduled doubleheader between the Bowling Green State University softball team and Kent State University has been postponed due to field conditions. The Falcons and Golden Flashes will attempt to play a Sunday (May 7) DH, beginning at 1:00 p.m., at the Diamond at Dix.

MAC STANDINGS & REMAINING SCHEDULE
Team (Overall Record) W-L Pct. Sunday's Game(s)
1. Central Mich. (34-13) 16-5 .762 at Eastern Mich. (2)
2. Ohio (35-14) 16-7 .696 at Buffalo (1)
3. Northern Ill. (30-19) 15-9 .625 None
4. Ball State (30-26) 14-10 .583 None
5. Kent State (25-24) 13-9 .591 vs. BGSU (2)
6. Miami (28-22) 13-10 .565 vs. Akron (1)
7. Akron (26-27) 12-11 .522 at Miami (1)
8. Western Mich. (23-26) 11-13 .458 None
Toledo (24-34) 11-13 .458 None
10. Bowling Green (24-29) 10-12 .455 at Kent State (2)
11. Eastern Mich. (15-32) 3-18 .143 vs. Central Mich. (2)
12. Buffalo (8-45) 3-20 .130 vs. Ohio (1)

TOURNAMENT SEEDING & ORDER OF TIEBREAKERS (from MAC Office)
Teams will be seeded 1 through 8 based on conference winning percentage (MAC play only), regardless of division. Ties in the conference standings shall be broken as follows:

Two Team Tiebreaker:
1. Head-to-head competition (NOTE: BGSU DID NOT PLAY TOLEDO OR WMU IN 2017)
2. Winning percentage* vs. ranked conference teams (top to bottom, regardless of division; versus common opponents, regardless of the number of times played)
3. Overall winning percentage vs. common MAC opponents
4. If tied teams have played each other, average of runs scored against; if tied teams have not played each other, average of runs scored against vs. all common MAC opponents
5. Coin flip

Multiple (3 or more) Team Tiebreaker:
1. Combined head-to-head record among the tied teams**
2. If or when two teams remain tied, the Two Team Tiebreaker goes into effect

[Note: If a three-team tie is reduced to two teams, the two-team tie-breaker goes into effect.]

* Winning percentage is used instead of record because of situations where teams do not play each other the same number of times. Therefore, a team that is 1-0 (1.000) would win the tiebreaker over a team that is 1-1 (.500).
** If the combined records of each tied team are different, the tiebreak is complete. Example: If Team A is 2-1, Team B is 1-1 and Team C is 1-2 then this is the order of the tiebreak.

Once only two teams remain tied, the Two Team Tiebreaker is used. Example: If Team A is 2-1, Team B is 1-2 and Team C is 1-2 then Team A is ahead of Teams B and C and Teams B and C revert to the Two Team Tiebreaker.

POSSIBLE OUTCOMES FOR THE FALCONS
IF BGSU GOES 2-0 IN SUNDAY'S TWO GAMES AT KENT STATE
>> The Falcons qualify for the MAC Tournament.
>> BGSU would be 12-12 and could not catch CMU, Ohio, NIU, BSU, KSU or Miami
>> BGSU would lose a tiebreaker with Akron, because the Zips went 2-1 vs. BGSU in the teams' head-to-head series
>> But, UT, WMU, UB & EMU could not catch BG

IF BGSU GOES 1-1 ON SUNDAY AT KENT STATE
>> The Falcons are eliminated from the MAC Tournament race.
>> BGSU would be 11-13 and could not catch CMU, Ohio, NIU, BSU, KSU, Miami or Akron
>> UB & EMU could not catch BG
>> The Falcons, UT and WMU all would be 11-13
>> If CMU was the overall #1 seed, WMU would be eliminated by virtue of the second tiebreaker, winning pct. vs. ranked conference teams (WMU went 0-3 vs. CMU while BG and UT each went 1-2). Then, it would revert to a 2-way tie with Toledo, and UT would win that tiebreaker. BG and UT have identical records vs. all common opponents, as both teams went 1-2 vs. CMU, 0-3 vs. Ohio, 1-2 vs. NIU, 1-2 vs. Miami, 3-0 vs. Buffalo and 3-0 vs. EMU).
>> The next tiebreaker is, "if tied teams have not played each other, average of runs scored against vs. all common MAC opponents." Against the 6 common opponents (CMU, Ohio, NIU, Miami, Buffalo, EMU), BGSU scored fewer runs than Toledo scored.
>> If Ohio was the #1 seed, WMU would win the 3-way tie & the final MAC Tournament berth because WMU went 1-2 vs. Ohio while BG and UT each went 0-3.

IF BGSU GOES 0-2 ON SUNDAY
>> The Falcons are eliminated from the MAC Tournament race.

Note: The information above assumes all scheduled games around the MAC on Sunday are actually played, and no games are canceled due to weather.