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The Kent St. Golden Flashes have been the dominant team in the recent history of Mid-American Conference baseball. Kent State has won three straight MAC titles and has represented the conference in the last three NCAA Tournaments. They've been to the tournament seven times in the last 10 years by virtue of winning the conference tournament, and the Golden Flashes (37-17, 24-3) are once again the favorite.
Kent State has the No. 1 seed in this week's tournament held at Avon, Ohio, featuring eight of the league's schools. The full schedule is as follows:
| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - Session I | |||||||||||||
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| Game 1- 9:00 a.m. | No. 4 Ohio vs. No. 5 Western Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Game 2- 12:30 p.m. | No. 3 Central Michigan vs. No. 6 Eastern Michigan | ||||||||||||
| Wednesday, May 23, 2012 - Session II | |||||||||||||
| Game 3- 4:00 p.m. | No. 2 Toledo vs. No. 7 Miami | ||||||||||||
| Game 4- 7:30 p.m. | No. 1 Kent State vs. No. 8 Buffalo | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, May 24, 2012- Session III | |||||||||||||
| Game 5- 9:00 a.m. | Game 2 Loser vs. Game 3 Loser | ||||||||||||
| Game 6- 12:30 p.m. | Game 1 Loser vs. Game 4 Loser | ||||||||||||
| Thursday, May 24, 2012 - Session IV | |||||||||||||
| Game 7- 4:00 p.m. | Game 1 Winner vs. Game 4 Winner | ||||||||||||
| Game 8- 7:30 p.m. | Game 2 Winner vs. Game 3 Winner | ||||||||||||
| Friday, May 25, 2012- Session V | |||||||||||||
| Game 9- 9:00 a.m. | Game 6 Winner vs. Game 7 Loser | ||||||||||||
| Game 10- 12:30 p.m. | Game 5 Winner vs. Game 8 Loser | ||||||||||||
| Friday, May 25, 2012 - Session VI | |||||||||||||
| Game 11- 4:00 p.m. | Game 7 Winner vs. Game 9 Winner | ||||||||||||
| Game 12- 7:30 p.m. | Game 8 Winner vs. Game 10 Winner | ||||||||||||
| Saturday, May 26, 2012 - Session VII | |||||||||||||
| Game 13 | Game 11 Winner vs. Game 11 Loser | ||||||||||||
| Game 14 | Game 12 Winner vs. Game 12 Loser | ||||||||||||
| Game 15- 1:00 p.m. | Game 13 Winner vs. Game 14 | ||||||||||||
| Winner | Championship | ||||||||||||