KENT, OHIO- The Kent State Golden Flashes received a conference-best five first-place votes and have been picked second in the Mid-American Conference pre-season baseball poll as voted on by the conference coaches.
While the Flashes did capture the most first-place votes in a split poll, their 110 total poll points finished one behind Central Michigan. This season, the Mid-American Conference is shifting away from a post-season tournament. Instead, the MAC has gone with a 40-game regular season and awarding the conference's automatic berth to the regular season champion. Kent State will play the other 10 schools in four-game weekend series that includes two single games and a seven-inning double header.