2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Florida A&M  (2nd title)
Winning coach Jamey Shouppe  (2nd title)
MVP Kaycee Reese ((Florida A&M))
TelevisionFloSports
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Northern
Norfolk State  x1770 .70824260 .480
Coppin State  1590 .62524240 .500
Delaware State  12120 .50020250 .444
Maryland Eastern Shore  4200 .16710440 .185
Southern
North Carolina A&T  x1680 .66729240 .547
Florida A&M  y14100 .58327340 .443
North Carolina Central  10140 .41721280 .429
Savannah State  10140 .41713271 .329
Bethune-Cookman  10140 .41717380 .309
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 18 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. [2]

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Format and seeding

The top three teams in the North and South Division were seeded one through three based on regular season records, with first round matchups of the second seed from the North and the third seed from the South, and the second seed from the South and the third seed from the North. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The top seed from each division earned a first round bye.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1NNorfolk State7
2SFlorida A&M132SFlorida A&M2
3NDelaware State31NNorfolk State4
1SNorth Carolina A&T2
1SNorth Carolina A&T5
2NCoppin State33SSavannah State4
3SSavannah State7
1NNorfolk State41
2SFlorida A&M58
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2SFlorida A&M6
3NDelaware State81SNorth Carolina A&T2
3NDelaware State52SFlorida A&M9
3NDelaware State63SSavannah State4
2NCoppin State5

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Game summaries

Conference championship

MEAC Championship
(2S) Florida A&M Rattlersvs.(1N) Norfolk State Spartans
May 18, 2019, 1:00 pm EDT, at Jackie Robinson Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, 81 °F (27 °C), clear
Team123456789 R H E
(2S) Florida A&M000200012571
(1N) Norfolk State0010102004102
WP: Jeremiah McCollum (5–2)   LP: Trey Hanchey (3–1)   Sv:None
Home runs:
FAMU: None
NSU: Alsander Womack (3); Caleb Ward (5)
Attendance: 300
May 18, 2019, 5:00 pm EDT, at Jackie Robinson Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, 80 °F (27 °C), clear
Team123456789 R H E
(2S) Florida A&M6100100008111
(1N) Norfolk State100000000164
WP: Kyle Coleman (6–5)   LP: Kevin Alicea (2–5)   Sv:None
Home runs:
FAMU: None
NSU: None
Attendance: 250

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The 2007 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 20 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.

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References

  1. "Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. "2018-19 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  3. "2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 16, 2019.