2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsNorth Carolina A&T (2nd title)
Winning coachBen Hall (1st title)
MVPZach McLean (North Carolina A&T)
2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern
Coppin State  x‍‍‍ 18 4   .818 20 22   .476
Norfolk State  ‍‍‍ 13 10   .565 18 28   .391
Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍ 8 16   .333 12 40   .231
Delaware State  ‍‍‍ 7 16   .304 9 35   .205
Southern
North Carolina A&T  x‍‍‍ 16 8   .667 29 23   .558
Florida A&M  ‍‍‍ 15 9   .625 25 28   .472
Bethune-Cookman  ‍‍‍ 14 10   .583 20 32   .385
North Carolina Central  ‍‍‍ 11 13   .458 28 24   .538
Savannah State  ‍‍‍ 4 20   .167 7 34   .171
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 16, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


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.[2]

Format and seeding

The top three teams from each of the MEAC's two divisions will be 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 against the third seed from the North. The top seeds will receive a single bye and play the winners of the first round matchups, while the losers will play an elimination game.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, May 16
Second round
Thursday, May 17
Third round
Friday, May 18
Championship
Saturday, May 19
1NCoppin State5
2SFlorida A&M142SFlorida A&M3
3NMaryland-Eastern Shore41NCoppin State7
1SNorth Carolina A&T15
1SNorth Carolina A&T12
2NNorfolk State82NNorfolk State3
3SBethune-Cookman7
1SNorth Carolina A&T12
3SBethune-Cookman9
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
3SBethune-Cookman8
2SFlorida A&M31NCoppin State3
2NNorfolk State33SBethune-Cookman9
3NMaryland-Eastern Shore33SBethune-Cookman12
3SBethune-Cookman13

References

  1. ^ "Conference Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. ^ "2017-18 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.