Bowling Green Falcons baseball
| Bowling Green Falcons | |
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| Founded | 1915 |
| University | Bowling Green State University |
| Conference |
MAC East Division |
| Location | Bowling Green, OH |
| Head coach | Danny Schmitz (24th year) |
| Home stadium |
Warren E. Steller Field (Capacity: 2,500) |
| Nickname | Falcons |
| Colors | Brown and Orange |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1972, 1998, 1999, 2013 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| 1998, 1999, 2013 | |
| Conference champions | |
| NWOIAA 1921, 1922, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1932 MAC 1972, 1995, 2002, 2008, 2009 |
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The Bowling Green Falcons baseball team are the baseball team that represents Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. The school's team currently plays in the East Division of the Mid-American Conference in NCAA Division I since 1953. The Falcons have played in three NCAA Tournaments, going in 1972 1999 and 2013. The Falcons have won twelve regular season conference championships (7 NWOIAA, 5 MAC), six East Division championships, and two conference tournament championships. The most recent regular-season championship came in 2009. The 1921 Bowling Green Normals baseball team was the first athletic team at the university to win a title, when they finished 6-1-2 in the Northwestern Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association.
The first baseball team at Bowling Green Normal College was established in 1915 under the guide of head coach F.G. Beyerman and finished their inaugural campaign at 1-3. The program would not reach varsity level until 1918, playing their first game on May 3, 1918 defeating Defiance College 4–3 in 7 innings. The Normals would finish the 1918 season 2-1 defeating Bluffton College 6–5 and losing a rematch with Defiance 13–3.
Bowling Green joined the Northwestern Ohio Intercollegiate Athletic Association in 1921 and finished the season 6-1-2, good enough to make the Normals NWOIAA champions in their first year in the conference. The 1921 Normals baseball team would be the first athletic program at Bowling Green to win a title of any sort.
Bowling Green would win six more NWOIAA titles (1922, 1925–26, 1928, 1931–32), before deciding to leave the conference and become an independent.
In 1953, Bowling Green would become a member of the Mid-American Conference, following rival and former NWOIAA conference mate Toledo who joined in 1951. In their first season in the MAC, the Falcons would go 8-6 including a 4-4 conference record which would place them 3rd in the conference. Bowling Green would not win their first MAC crown until 1972 when they posted a 24-12-2 record (6-2-1 MAC) and were invited to the NCAA District IV Tournament. The Falcons would defeat Northern Illinois 2–0 and Central Michigan 7–5 in 10 innings, but fell just short of a birth to the College World Series as they lost 7–2 and 7–5 to Iowa.
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