BOWLING GREEN, Ohio - The Bowling Green State University baseball team will host the 2002 Mid-American Conference Tournament at Warren E. Steller Field this Wednesday through Saturday (May 22-25). The Falcons earned the top seed and the right to host the tournament by virtue of posting the best winning percentage of all 13 league schools.

Joining the top-seeded Falcons in the six-team, double-elimination tournament are -- in order of seeding from second to sixth -- Eastern Michigan, Kent State, Ball State, Central Michigan and Miami.

The schedule of games and ticket prices follow:

2002 MAC TOURNAMENT
May 22-25 - Bowling Green, Ohio

Participating Teams

1 - Bowling Green (31-20 overall, 18-7 MAC [.720])
2 - Eastern Michigan (30-26, 19-9 [.679])
3 - Kent State (33-19, 18-8 [.692])
4 - Ball State (31-21, 17-9 [.654])
5 - Central Michigan (29-23, 14-10 [.583])
6 - Miami (30-26, 16-12 [.571])

Game Schedule

Wednesday, May 22
Game 1 - #3 Kent State vs. #4 Ball State, 10:00 a.m.
Game 3 - #1 Bowling Green vs. #6 Miami, 1:00 p.m.
Game 2 - #2 Eastern Michigan vs. #5 Central Michigan, 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 23
Game 4 - Loser Game 3 vs. Loser Game 2, 10:00 a.m.
Game 5 - Winner Game 3 vs. Loser Game 1, 1:00 p.m.
Game 6 - Winner Game 2 vs. Winner Game 1, 4:00 p.m.

If four teams remain after Game 6:
Friday, May 24
Game 7 - Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6, 10:00 a.m.
Game 8 - Winner Game 4 vs. Loser Game 6, 1:00 p.m.
Game 9 - Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 7, 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 25
Game 10 - Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9, tba
Game 11* - Game 10 participants, tba

If five teams remain after Game 6:
Friday, May 24
Game 7 - Loser Game 5 vs. Loser Game 6, 10:00 a.m.
Game 8 - Winner Game 4 vs. Winner Game 5, 1:00 p.m.
Game 9 - Winner Game 6 vs. Winner Game 7, 4:00 p.m.

If two teams remain after Game 9:
Saturday, May 25
Game 10 - Winner Game 8 vs. Winner Game 9, tba
Game 11* - Game 10 participants, tba

If three teams remain after Game 9:
Saturday, May 25
Game 10 - Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 9, tba
Game 11 - Winner Game 9 vs. Winner Game 10, tba

* if necessary

Tickets
(on sale at Steller Field beginning 8:30 a.m. Wednesday)

Adult All-Tournament Pass........$20
Student All-Tournament Pass......$12

Adult Single-Day Ticket..........$7
Student Single-Day Ticket........$4
"student" includes college student with ID, high school and younger