2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Bethune-Cookman  (15th title)
Winning coach Jason Beverlin  (3rd title)
MVPDanny Rodriguez (Bethune-Cookman)
2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern
Norfolk State  x195 .7922921 .580
Delaware State  1310 .5651337 .260
Coppin State  816 .3331438 .269
Maryland Eastern Shore  716 .3041632 .333
Southern
Florida A&M  x195 .7923121 .596
Bethune–Cookman  y177 .7082927 .518
North Carolina Central  1113 .4582530 .455
Savannah State  717 .2921240 .231
North Carolina A&T  618 .2501341 .241
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 11, 2016 [1] ; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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. [2]

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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

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
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Norfolk State 195.7921N
Delaware State 1310.5655.52N
Coppin State 816.333113N
Maryland Eastern Shore 716.30411.5
South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Florida A&M 195.7921S
Bethune-Cookman 177.70822S
North Carolina Central 1113.45883S
Savannah State 717.29212
North Carolina A&T 618.25013

Bracket

Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
1N Norfolk State 4
2S Bethune-Cookman 102S Bethune-Cookman14
3N Coppin State 0 2S Bethune-Cookman5
1S Florida A&M 2
1S Florida A&M 10
2N Delaware State 5 3S North Carolina Central2
3S North Carolina Central 102S Bethune-Cookman1
1N Norfolk State 0
1S Florida A&M 2
3N Coppin State151N Norfolk State4
2N Delaware State 4 3N Coppin State 6
3N Coppin State71N Norfolk State7***
3S North Carolina Central5

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