2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Bethune-Cookman  (11th title)
Winning coach Mervyl Melendez  (10th title)
MVPDJ Leonard (Bethune-Cookman)
2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Bethune-Cookman  y1800 1.00035220 .614
North Carolina A&T  1530 .83331260 .544
Norfolk State  990 .50021291 .422
Delaware State  8100 .44413360 .265
Coppin State  7110 .38914330 .298
Florida A&M  3150 .16710311 .250
Maryland Eastern Shore  3150 .1678430 .157
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 7, 2010 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 23, 2010 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 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. [2] [3]

Contents

Format and seeding

The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only, with the top seed playing the sixth seed, second seed playing the fifth, and so on for first round matchups. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The format meant that Florida A&M was left out of the field. [4]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Bethune-Cookman 1801.0001
North Carolina A&T 153.83332
Norfolk State 99.50093
Delaware State 810.444104
Coppin State 711.389115
Maryland Eastern Shore 315.167156
Florida A&M 315.16715

Bracket and results

Bracket to be added [5]

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 20Game 1(2) North Carolina A&T 5–3(5) Coppin State
Game 2(1) Bethune-Cookman 15–5(6) Maryland Eastern Shore
Game 3(3) Norfolk State 5–4(4) Delaware State
May 21Game 4(5) Coppin State 12–8(6) Maryland Eastern Shore Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated
Game 5(2) North Carolina A&T 7–2(3) Norfolk State
Game 6(4) Delaware State 14–2(5) Coppin State Coppin State eliminated
May 22Game 7(3) Norfolk State 5–1(4) Delaware State Delaware State eliminated
Game 8(2) North Carolina A&T 8–7(3) Norfolk State Norfolk State eliminated
Game 9(1) Bethune-Cookman 7–3(2) North Carolina A&T
May 23Game 10(1) Bethune-Cookman 7–4(2) North Carolina A&T Bethune–Cookman wins MEAC Championship

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [2] [3]

NameTeam
Jeremy DavisBethune-Cookman
Kelvin FreemanNorth Carolina A&T
George HinesNorth Carolina A&T
DJ LeonardBethune-Cookman
Nick OelkerNorth Carolina A&T
Esterlin PaulinoNorth Carolina A&T
Dwight RobinsonCoppin State
Nick RogersNorth Carolina A&T
Alejandro SanchezBethune-Cookman
Sammy SerefineNorfolk State
Phil VaughnMaryland Eastern Shore

Outstanding Performer

DJ Leonard was named Tournament Outstanding Performer. Leonard was an outfielder for Bethune-Cookman. [2] [3]

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