2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team

The 2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball team represented Kent State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Golden Flashes were coached by 8th year head coach Scott Stricklin and played their home games at Schoonover Stadium. Kent State finished the regular season 37–17 overall and 24–3 in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) to win the MAC regular-season and East division titles, and the top seed in the 2012 Mid-American Conference baseball tournament. At the tournament, Kent State went 4–0 to win the tenth Mid-American Conference baseball tournament title in program history and advance to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, the 12th appearance in team history.

2012 Kent State Golden Flashes baseball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record47–20 (24–3 MAC)
Head coach
  • Scott Stricklin (8th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Mike Birkbeck (14th season)
  • Scott Daeley (7th season)
  • Doug Sanders
Home stadiumSchoonover Stadium
2012 Mid-American Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
East Division
Kent State  xy 243 .8894720 .701
Ohio   1611 .5932829 .491
Miami   1215 .4443029 .508
Buffalo   1016 .3852036 .357
Akron   1017 .3701738 .309
Bowling Green   918 .3332033 .377
West Division
Toledo  x 198 .7043027 .526
Central Michigan   1710 .6303429 .540
Western Michigan   1412 .5382629 .473
Eastern Michigan   1413 .5192531 .446
Ball State   918 .3331436 .280
Northern Illinois   720 .2591540 .273
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of May 30, 2012
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

In the NCAA tournament, the team went 3–0 in the Gary Regional at U.S. Steel Yard to claim the program's first regional championship, which included a 21-inning, 7–6 win over 12th-ranked Kentucky. The Flashes advanced to the Super Regional round against the 10th-ranked Oregon Ducks where they defeated the Ducks two games to one at PK Park to claim the first super regional championship and appearance in the College World Series in school history. At the 2012 College World Series the Golden Flashes fell to Arkansas in the opening round, but eliminated top-ranked Florida 5–4 in the elimination bracket. Kent State was eliminated in the second round by South Carolina. Kent State finished 1–2 at the College World Series, and 6–3 in the NCAA tournament.

The season featured a 21-game winning streak, which began with a 16–5 home win over Western Michigan on April 27, and ended with a 3–2 road loss to Oregon in the second game of the super regional series in Eugene, Oregon. Kent State finished the season with an overall record of 47–20 and tied for 5th nationally by virtue of their second-round elimination in the College World Series. They finished the season ranked in the top ten in all major polls.

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