The 2009–10 Mid-American Conference season is the 64th season in

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...

(MAC) existence. Teams in this conference complete in the

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's Division I competitions. In this season, the Mid-American Conference (MAC) sponsored 23 sports (11 men's and 12 women's).

Member schools

The MAC has both full members and affiliate members. Full members participate in Mid-American Conference for all of their Division I athletics, unless the conference doesn't sponsor the sport.

Full membership

12 teams enjoyed full membership in the Mid-American Conference for the 2009–10 season. The teams are divided geographically into East and West Divisions.

Affiliate membership

Along with the 12 full members, there are five other schools who hold an Affiliate Membership with the Mid-American Conference. Affiliate Membership allows the team to participate in one sport within the conference.

Awards

Reese Trophy

The Reese Trophy is named after the first Mid-American Conference Commissioner David Reese. Reese was the first commissioner of the conference from 1946 until 1964. Only full members of the Mid-American Conference are eligible for the Reese and Jacoby Trophies. Schools receive points based on their final finish in ten of the 11 men's sports. Schools must choose to count either indoor track and field or outdoor track and field. Both cannot be used in the calculation. The winner is determined by the highest average score. ''* Affiliate status only. Does not qualify for trophy.'' ''Legend'' – BB:

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch ...

; MBB: Men's

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...

; XC: Men's cross country; FB:

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (word), the word ''football'' generally means the form of football t ...

; MSC: Men's

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

; MSW: Men's

swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

; MT: Men's

tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

; ITF: Indoor

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

; OTF: Outdoor track and field; WR:

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Jacoby Trophy

The Jacoby Trophy is awarded to the best women's athletic program in the conference. It is named after Fred Jacoby, commissioner from 1971 until 1982, who incorporated women's athletics into the league's structure. Along with the Reese trophy, only full members are eligible and schools may only count Indoor or Outdoor Track and field. ''* Affiliate status only. Does not qualify for trophy.'' ''Legend'' – WBB: Women's

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; WXC: Women's Cross country; FH:

Field hockey Field hockey (or simply referred to as hockey in some countries where ice hockey is not popular) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalk ...

; Gym:

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a group of sport that includes physical exercises requiring Balance (ability), balance, Strength training, strength, Flexibility (anatomy), flexibility, agility, Motor coordination, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movem ...

; SB:

Softball Softball is a Variations of baseball, variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball, on a smaller field, and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) ...

; WSC: Women's

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

; WSW: Women's

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, such as saltwater or freshwater environments, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Swimmers achieve locomotion by coordinating limb and body movements to achieve hydrody ...

; WT: Women's

Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...

; ITF: Indoor

; OTF: Outdoor Track and field; VB:

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Player of the Week

The conference announces a Player of the Week in all of their sports. In most of them, there is only one player announced. However, in some situations (particularly in football), there will be multiple players announced. The award is given to those that show exceptional talent on and off the field for that week.

Sports

Baseball

Basketball

Men's

Women's

Cross country

On August 25, the Mid-American Conference announced the preseason favorites for the 2009 Cross Country season. On the men's side,

Kent State Kent State University (KSU) is a public research university in Kent, Ohio, United States. The university includes seven regional campuses in Northeast Ohio located in Ashtabula, Burton, East Liverpool, Jackson Township, New Philadelphia, ...

returns five athletes from the 2008 MAC Championship third place squad. After them is

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, who is also tapped to repeat as the women's MAC Champions. The rest of the teams are listed below: The season began on August 31, when

Ball State Ball State University (Ball State or BSU) is a public university, public research university in Muncie, Indiana, United States. The university has three off-campus centers in Indianapolis, Fort Wayne, Indiana, Fort Wayne, and Fishers, Indiana. T ...

competed in the Ball State Invitational. The Mid-American Conference Championship will be held in

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on October 31, with the NCAA Great Lakes Regional Championship held on November 14 at

Indiana University Indiana University (IU) is a state university system, system of Public university, public universities in the U.S. state of Indiana. The system has two core campuses, five regional campuses, and two regional centers under the administration o ...

and the National Championships held on November 23 at

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Championships

The following are the results of the 2009 Men's Cross Country Championships: :1. Kent State, 30 points :2. Eastern Michigan, 55 :3. Central Michigan, 59 :4. Miami, 95 :5. Buffalo, 147 :6. Ohio, 182 :7. Toledo, 184 :8. Akron, 197 :9. Bowling Green, 283 The following are the results of the 2009 Women's Cross Country Championships: :1. Miami, 44 points :2. Toledo, 63 :3. Akron, 104 :4. Central Michigan, 116 :5. Kent State, 143 :6. Eastern Michigan, 157 :7. Bowling Green, 212 :8. NIU, 218 :8. Ohio, 218 :10. Western Michigan, 250 :11. Ball State, 269 :12. Buffalo, 317

Field hockey

Along with the Men's Cross Country Championship, the Kent State field hockey team was selected during the preseason to win the MAC Championship, in a vote by the league's head coaches. Kent State lived up to that expectation in their first game, winning by a score of 7–0 against Saint Louis. Miami was selected to finish second, after returning nine letterwinners from the 2008 season. Following them are

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Central Michigan Central Michigan, also called Mid Michigan, is a region in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, Lower Peninsula of the United States, U.S. state of Michigan. As its name implies, it is the middle area of the Lower Peninsula. Lower Michigan is said t ...

, and affiliate member Missouri State.

Football

The football season began on September 3 as three MAC teams played out-of-conference matches. In previous seasons, the winner of the Mid-American Conference Championship Game would play in the Motor City Bowl. However, due to financial troubles in sponsors such as

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and

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, the game began to be sponsored by

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. The 2009 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl will be held on December 26 at 1:00 p.m. The preseason rankings by MAC coaches have

winning the MAC West and

Buffalo Buffalo most commonly refers to: * True buffalo or Bubalina, a subtribe of wild cattle, including most "Old World" buffalo, such as water buffalo * Bison, a genus of wild cattle, including the American buffalo * Buffalo, New York, a city in the n ...

winning the MAC East, with Central Michigan winning the MAC Championship game.

Golf

Gymnastics

MAC Championship results: # Central Michigan, 195.600 points # Kent State, 195.025 # Eastern Michigan, 193.625 # NIU, 193.200 # Ball State, 193.100 # Western Michigan, 192.875 # Bowling Green, 191.850

Soccer

Men's

The 2009 Men's soccer season began on September 1 when

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faced

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and came victorious with a 2–0 win. The

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were unanimously selected as the preseason league and tournament favorite, which was followed by their #3 preseason ranking in the

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polls. The Zips were also ranked second in the country according to

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Women's

On the women's side,

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was selected as the preseason favorite for both the regular season and the tournament. Their season began on August 21 when

defeated

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by a margin of 2–1.

Softball

Swimming

Men's MAC Championship

# Eastern Michigan, 773 points # Buffalo, # Missouri State, 587 # Miami, # Southern Illinois, 478 # Ball State, # Evansville,

Women's MAC Championship

:1. Toledo, points :2. Miami, 572 :3. Ohio, 527 :4. Eastern Michigan, :5. Akron, 392 :5. Buffalo, 392 :7. Bowling Green, 241 :8. Ball State, 166

Tennis

Track and field

Men's indoor

# Eastern Michigan, 171 points # Akron, 120 # Kent, 113 # Buffalo, 72 # Central Michigan, 49

Women's indoor

# Kent State, 107 points # Central Michigan, 100 # Western Michigan, 92 # Miami, # Eastern Michigan, 75 # Akron, 61 # Buffalo, 46 # Toledo, 44 # Ohio, # Ball State, 25 # Bowling Green, 6 # NIU, 1

Volleyball

For the second consecutive year,

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was tabbed as the preseason favorite in the regular season as well as the MAC 2008 tournament. Soon thereafter, they followed up by receiving votes in the

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preseason poll. The 2009 MAC Championship will be held in

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from November 17 through November 22.

Wrestling

# Central Michigan, 94 points # Kent State, 73 # Ohio, 62 # Buffalo, # NIU, # Eastern Michigan, 18

References

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