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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern and the Mid-Atlantic United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. The top three teams in each division participate in the double elimination tournament, which in 2021 was played at Marty L. Miller Field in Norfolk, Virginia. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The automatic bid was granted beginning in 1994.
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, VA. It is an eight-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 2012 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The 2012 Delaware State Hornets baseball team represented Delaware State University in the sport of baseball during the 2012 college baseball season. The Hornets competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Northern Division of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They played their home games on the university's Dover, Delaware campus. The team was coached by J. P. Blandin, who was in his twelfth season at Delaware State. The Hornets were looking to build upon their 26-29 record from the 2011 season.
The 2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 14 and ended on May 19, 2014 at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, VA. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won their fourteenth tournament championship to claim the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Bethune-Cookman has claimed fourteen of the sixteen tournament championships, with Savannah State winning in 2013 and North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 title.
The 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 13 and ended on May 16, 2015 at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium in Salisbury, MD. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Florida A&M won their first tournament championship and claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Runner-up Bethune-Cookman had claimed fourteen of the sixteen tournament championships, with Savannah State winning in 2013 and North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 title.
The 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season was the XXth season for MEAC Football, as part of the 2015 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
The 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 19 and ended on May 24, 2016 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.
The 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football season was the XXIst season for MEAC Football, as part of the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.
The 2016–17 North Carolina Central Eagles men's basketball team represented North Carolina Central University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by eighth-year head coach LeVelle Moton, played their home games at McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 13–3 in MEAC play to win the MEAC regular season championship. In the MEAC Tournament, they defeated Bethune–Cookman, Maryland Eastern Shores and Norfolk State to be champions of the. As a result, they earned the MEAC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 16 seed. There they lost in the First Four to fellow No. 16 seed UC Davis.
The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 20, 2017 at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, in Salisbury, MD. It was a six team double-elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament and claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. The Wildcats won their sixteenth tournament out of the nineteen events, with Florida A&M winning in 2015, Savannah State in 2013 and North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 title.
The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 16 and ended on May 19, 2018 at Sliwa Stadium on the campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a six-team double elimination tournament. As winner, North Carolina A&T claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Bethune-Cookman has claimed sixteen of the nineteen tournament championships, with Florida A&M winning in 2015, Savannah State in 2013 and North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 title.
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 18, 2019 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Florida A&M, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Bethune-Cookman had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015, and Savannah State in 2013.
The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament took place March 11–15, 2019 at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. The first round games were played on March 11 and March 12, and the quarterfinal games will be played on March 13 and 14. The semifinals were held on March 15, with the championship game on March 16. Bethune-Cookman won the championship game over Norfolk State to earn their first ever bid to the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
The 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 18 and ended on May 21, 2011 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.
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.
The 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 14 and ended on May 17, 2009 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 2009 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The 2008 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 17, 2008, at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. 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 2008 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 20, 2007 at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament, as they have done each year but one since 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.
The 2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 22, 2021 at Marty L. Miller Field on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Norfolk State won the tournament for the first time and claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Departing member Bethune-Cookman, which opted out of baseball competition for 2021, had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty-one tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015 and 2019, and Savannah State in 2013.
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- ↑ "Standings and Leaders". meacsports.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
- ↑ "2013 MEAC Baseball Championship Central". meacsports.com. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ "Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Championship" (PDF). meacsports.com. Retrieved May 16, 2013.
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