2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Bethune-Cookman  (13th title)
Winning coach Jason Beverlin  (1st title)
MVP David Lee (Bethune-Cookman)
2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Northern
Delaware State  x2220 .91740171 .698
Norfolk State  1590 .62522280 .440
Maryland Eastern Shore  11130 .45814390 .264
Coppin State  0240 .0001530 .019
Southern
Bethune-Cookman  xy1850 .78334270 .557
North Carolina Central  13100 .56519320 .373
North Carolina A&T  12120 .50020360 .357
Savannah State  11130 .45819340 .358
Florida A&M  5190 .2087450 .135
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2012 [1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 20, 2012, at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It is an eight-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament, as they have done every year but one since the tournament began in 1999. [2] The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. [3]

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Format and seeding

The four teams in the North Division and top four finishers from the South Division were seeded one through four based on regular season records, with first round matchups of the top seed from the North and the fourth seed from the South, the second seed from the North against the third seed from the South, and so on. 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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Northern
Delaware State 222.9171N
Norfolk State 159.62572N
Maryland Eastern Shore 1113.458113N
Coppin State 024.000224N
Southern
Bethune-Cookman 185.7831S
North Carolina Central 1310.56552S
North Carolina A&T 1212.5006.53S
Savannah State 1113.4587.54S
Florida A&M 519.20813.5

Bracket

First roundSecond roundSemifinalsFinal
4N Coppin State 4
1S Bethune-Cookman 10
1SBethune-Cookman9
2NNorfolk State0
3S North Carolina A&T 3
2N Norfolk State 4
1SBethune-Cookman3
3NMaryland Eastern Shore0
4S Savannah State 8
1N Delaware State 10
1NDelaware State6
3NMaryland Eastern Shore7
3N Maryland Eastern Shore 13
2S North Carolina Central 51SBethune-Cookman28
1NDelaware State33
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2NNorfolk State1
3SNorth Carolina A&T143SNorth Carolina A&T181NDelaware State7
4NCoppin State33SNorth Carolina A&T23NMaryland Eastern Shore2
1NDelaware State4
1NDelaware State16
2SNorth Carolina Central102SNorth Carolina Central2
4SSavannah State3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [4]

NameTeam
Karim GonzalezMaryland Eastern Shore
Bryon CampbellMaryland Eastern Shore
Stephen BullMaryland Eastern Shore
Tyler MurphyNorth Carolina Central
Troy MarrowNorth Carolina Central
Luke TendlerNorth Carolina A&T
Ryan HaasDelaware State
Scott DavisDelaware State
Tony GattoDelaware State
Rayan GonzalezBethune-Cookman
David LeeBethune-Cookman

Outstanding Performer

David Lee
Bethune-Cookman


See also

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