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The 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 18 and ended on May 21 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark,on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach,Florida. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament,as they have done each year but one since the tournament began in 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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The 2005 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on April 28 and ended on May 1 at Cracker Jack Stadium in Lake Buena Vista,Florida. It was a seven-team double elimination tournament. North Carolina A&T won the tournament,ending a streak of six straight titles by Bethune-Cookman. The Aggies claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
The 2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on April 29 and ended on May 2 at Cracker Jack Stadium,on the campus of in Lake Buena Vista,Florida. It was a seven-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament,as they had done each year since 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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- ↑ "BSB All-Time Team" (PDF). meacsports.com. Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference . Retrieved 14 September 2021.
