2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament


The 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 19 and ended on May 24 at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, in Salisbury, MD. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won their record fifteenth tournament championship and earned the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2016 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2]

2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsBethune-Cookman (15th title)
Winning coachJason Beverlin (3rd title)
MVPDanny Rodriguez (Bethune-Cookman)
2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Norfolk State  x‍‍‍ 19 5   .792 29 21   .580
Delaware State  ‍‍‍ 13 10   .565 13 37   .260
Coppin State  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 14 38   .269
Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍ 7 16   .304 16 32   .333
Southern
Florida A&M  x‍‍‍ 19 5   .792 31 21   .596
Bethune–Cookman  ‍‍y 17 7   .708 29 27   .518
North Carolina Central  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 25 30   .455
Savannah State  ‍‍‍ 7 17   .292 12 40   .231
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 6 18   .250 13 41   .241
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 11, 2016[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Entering the tournament, Bethune-Cookman had claimed fourteen of the seventeen tournament championships, with Florida A&M winning in 2015, Savannah State in 2013 and North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 title.[3][4]

Format and seeding

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The top three teams in each division will be seeded one through three based on regular season records. The two division winners will earn a first round bye, with the second seed from each division playing the third seed from the opposite division in the first round.. The winners advance in the winners' bracket, while first round losers play elimination games.

North Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Norfolk State 19 5 .792 1N
Delaware State 13 10 .565 5.5 2N
Coppin State 8 16 .333 11 3N
Maryland Eastern Shore 7 16 .304 11.5
South Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Florida A&M 19 5 .792 1S
Bethune-Cookman 17 7 .708 2 2S
North Carolina Central 11 13 .458 8 3S
Savannah State 7 17 .292 12
North Carolina A&T 6 18 .250 13

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1NNorfolk State4
2SBethune-Cookman102SBethune-Cookman14
3NCoppin State02SBethune-Cookman5
1SFlorida A&M2
1SFlorida A&M10
2NDelaware State53SNorth Carolina Central2
3SNorth Carolina Central 10
2SBethune-Cookman1
1NNorfolk State0
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
3NCoppin State15
1SFlorida A&M2
2NDelaware State4
3NCoppin State61NNorfolk State4
1NNorfolk State7***
3NCoppin State7
3SNorth Carolina Central5

References

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  1. ^ "Mid-Eastern Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  2. ^ "Bethune-Cookman University wins 2016 MEAC Baseball Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  3. ^ "2016 MEAC Baseball Championship Central" (PDF). meacsports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
  4. ^ "2015-16 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.