2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions Norfolk State  (1st title)
Winning coach Keith Shumate  (1st title)
MVP Alsander Womack (Norfolk State)
TelevisionFloSports
2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Northern Division
Norfolk State  xy1810 .6432528 .472
Delaware State  1318 .4191527 .357
Coppin State  720 .2591029 .256
Southern Division
North Carolina Central  x1711 .6072720 .574
Florida A&M  1513 .5362233 .400
North Carolina A&T  1715 .5312232 .407
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
  • Florida A&M is ineligible for postseason play and conference championships due to NCAA sanctions.
    As of June 5, 2021 [1]
    Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 22 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. [2] [3] Departing member Bethune-Cookman, which opted out of baseball competition for 2021, [4] 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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Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division qualified for the Tournament, with seeding determined by conference winning percentage from the regular season. The top seed form the North Division played the second seed from the South and vice versa, with winners advancing and losers playing elimination games in the double-elimination tournament.

North Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Norfolk State 1810.6431N
Delaware State 1318.4196.52N
Coppin State 720.25910.5
West Division
TeamWLPct.GBSeed
North Carolina Central 1711.6071S
Florida A&M 1513.53622S
North Carolina A&T 1715.5312

Tournament

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1 Norfolk State 8
4 Florida A&M 3
1NNorfolk State1
1SNorth Carolina Central0
2 North Carolina Central 9
3 Delaware State 4
1NNorfolk State
1SNorth Carolina Central
Lower round 1Lower final
1SNorth Carolina Central5
2SFlorida A&M142SFlorida A&M3
2NDelaware State13

Game results

DateGameWinnerScoreLoserNotes
May 20Game 1(1S) North Carolina Central 9–4(2N) Delaware State
Game 2(1N) Norfolk State 8–3(2S) Florida A&M
May 21Game 3(1N) Norfolk State 1–0(1S) North Carolina Central
Game 4(2S) Florida A&M 14–13(2N) Delaware State Delaware State eliminated
Game 5(1S) North Carolina Central 5–3(2S) Florida A&M Florida A&M eliminated
May 22Game 6(1N) Norfolk State 7–611(1S) North Carolina Central Norfolk State wins MEAC Tournament

All-Tournament Team

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

NameSchool
LJ BryantFlorida A&M
James DeloatchNorfolk State
Ty HancheyNorfolk State
Danny HosleyNorfolk State
Cort MaynardNorth Carolina Central
Octavien MoyerFlorida A&M
Cameron NorgrenNorth Carolina Central
Miguel RiveraDelaware State
Shawn RuneyNorth Carolina Central
Austin VernonNorth Carolina Central
John WeglarzDelaware State
Alsander WomackNorfolk State

Outstanding Performer and Outstanding Coach

Alsander Womack was named Tournament Outstanding Performer, while Keith Shumate was named Tournament Outstanding Coach. Womack was a second baseman for Norfolk State, while Shumate was the Spartans' head coach. [3]

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The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. In its final edition in 2022, all four MEAC baseball teams participated in the double elimination tournament at Marty L. Miller Field in Norfolk, Virginia. The winner of the tournament received 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, 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. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2013 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 19 at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. South Division top seed Savannah State won their first tournament championship to claim the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. The Tigers defeated Bethune-Cookman, who had claimed thirteen of the fourteen tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T winning the other.

The 2014 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 14 and ended on May 19 at Marty L. Miller Field, on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. 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 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 2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 19 and ended on May 24 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.

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The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 16 and ended on May 19 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 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 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 18 and ended on May 21 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.

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The 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 23 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 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 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 2006 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 18 and ended on May 21 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 2006 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2004 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on April 29 and ended on May 2 at Cracker Jack Stadium, on the campus of in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. It was a seven-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament, as they had done each year since 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2004 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

The 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was played from May 19 to May 21 at Marty L. Miller Field on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a four-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Coppin State, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

References

  1. "2021 Baseball Standings". meacsports.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. "2021 MEAC Baseball Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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  4. Zach Dean (October 27, 2021). "Bethune-Cookman shuts down all sports through spring, citing 'spike' in COVID-19 cases". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved May 25, 2021.