MUNCIE, Ind. – The Ball State baseball team will open the 2016 Mid-American Conference Tournament against Western Michigan Wednesday, May 25 at 1 p.m. The top eight teams in the MAC will play for an automatic bid to the NCAA Regionals at All Pro Freight Stadium in Avon, Ohio.
Ball State, the MAC West Division champion for the second time in the last three years, concluded the regular season with a 32-24 overall record and 15-9 league mark to earn the No. 2 seed. Western Michigan, also out of the MAC West, enters the tournament as the No 7 seed at 18-31 overall and 11-13 in the league.