2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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.^[2]

2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Arthur W. Perdue Stadium Salisbury, MD
Champions	Bethune-Cookman (15th title)
Winning coach	Jason Beverlin (3rd title)
MVP	Danny Rodriguez (Bethune-Cookman)
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2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Northern
Norfolk State  x‍‍‍	19	–	5		.792			29	–	21		.580
Delaware State  ‍‍‍	13	–	10		.565			13	–	37		.260
Coppin State  ‍‍‍	8	–	16		.333			14	–	38		.269
Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍	7	–	16		.304			16	–	32		.333
Southern
Florida A&M  x‍‍‍	19	–	5		.792			31	–	21		.596
Bethune–Cookman  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	7		.708			29	–	27		.518
North Carolina Central  ‍‍‍	11	–	13		.458			25	–	30		.455
Savannah State  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			12	–	40		.231
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍	6	–	18		.250			13	–	41		.241
‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 11, 2016[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

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 Team W L Pct GB Seed Norfolk State 19 5 .792 — 1N Delaware State 13 10 .565 5.5 2N Coppin State 8 16 .333 11 3N Maryland Eastern Shore 7 16 .304 11.5 —

South Division Team W L Pct GB Seed Florida A&M 19 5 .792 — 1S Bethune-Cookman 17 7 .708 2 2S North Carolina Central 11 13 .458 8 3S Savannah State 7 17 .292 12 — North Carolina A&T 6 18 .250 13 —

Bracket

Upper round 1

Upper round 2

Upper final

Final

1N

Norfolk State

4

2S

Bethune-Cookman

10

2S

Bethune-Cookman

14

3N

Coppin State

0

2S

Bethune-Cookman

5

1S

Florida A&M

2

1S

Florida A&M

10

2N

Delaware State

5

3S

North Carolina Central

2

3S

North Carolina Central

10

2S

Bethune-Cookman

1

1N

Norfolk State

0

Lower round 1

Lower round 2

Lower final

3N

Coppin State

15

1S

Florida A&M

2

2N

Delaware State

4

3N

Coppin State

6

1N

Norfolk State

4

1N

Norfolk State

7***

3N

Coppin State

7

3S

North Carolina Central

5

References

1. "Mid-Eastern Conference - 2016 Standings". d1Baseball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
2. "Bethune-Cookman University wins 2016 MEAC Baseball Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. May 24, 2015. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
3. "2016 MEAC Baseball Championship Central" (PDF). meacsports.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 3, 2015. Retrieved January 30, 2016.
4. "2015-16 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on March 10, 2016. Retrieved January 30, 2016.