2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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)
	← 2015; MEAC baseball tournament; 2017 →;

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

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]

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.

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
North Division
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	—

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
South Division
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

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

[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.

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2016 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

Format and seeding

Bracket

References

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