2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Classification Division I
Season 2015
Teams 8
Format Double-elimination tournament
Site Arthur W. Perdue Stadium
Salisbury, MD
Champions Florida A&M (1st title)
Winning coach Jamey Shouppe (1st title)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
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2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT     W   L   T   PCT
Northern
Norfolk State x 19 – 5 – 0   .792     27 – 16 – 0   .628
Maryland Eastern Shore 14 – 10 – 0   .583     16 – 33 – 0   .327
Delaware State 13 – 11 – 0   .542     16 – 29 – 0   .356
Coppin State 2 – 22 – 0   .083     3 – 38 – 2   .093
Southern
Florida A&M x‡y 15 – 9 – 0   .625     23 – 23 – 0   .500
Bethune-Cookman 14 – 10 – 0   .583     19 – 40 – 0   .322
Savannah State 12 – 12 – 0   .500     21 – 33 – 0   .389
North Carolina Central 12 – 12 – 0   .500     19 – 30 – 0   .388
North Carolina A&T 7 – 17 – 0   .292     10 – 36 – 0   .217
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of 22:06, 25 May 2015 (UTC)[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 13 and ended on May 16, 2015 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.[2][3]

Format and seeding

The top three teams in the North Division and top three finishers from the South Division weree seeded one through three based on regular season divisional records, with first round matchups of the second seed from the North and the third seed from the South, the second seed from the South against the third seed from the North, with the divisional winners gaining first round byes. The first round winners advance in the winners' bracket to face regular season divisional champions in the second round, while first round losers play elimination games. The format means that one team from the North and two from the South will be left out of the field.

Savannah State earned the tiebreaker for the S3 seed over North Carolina Central.

North Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Norfolk State 19 5
.792
—
N1
Maryland-Eastern Shore 14 10
.583
5
N2
Delaware State 13 11
.542
6
N3
Coppin State 2 22
.083
17
—
South Division
Team W L Pct GB Seed
Florida A&M 15 9
.625
—
S1
Bethune-Cookman 14 10
.583
1
S2
Savannah State 12 12
.500
3
S3
North Carolina Central 12 12
.500
3
—
North Carolina A&T 7 17
.292
8
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Results

  First Round     Second Round     Semifinals     Finals
                                       
      N3  Delaware State 13  
  S2  Bethune-Cookman 2     N1  Norfolk State 11    
  N3  Delaware State 6         N3  Delaware State 2  
      S1  Florida A&M 11    
    S3  Savannah State 4          
  N2  Maryland Eastern Shore 6     S1  Florida A&M 7        
  S3  Savannah State 8         S1  Florida A&M 8 –
      S2  Bethune-Cookman 2 –
         
  S2  Bethune-Cookman 3        
  S3  Savannah State 2         N3  Delaware State 0    
      S2  Bethune-Cookman 12     S2  Bethune-Cookman 13  
      N1  Norfolk State 1  
  N2  Maryland Eastern Shore 6    
  N1  Norfolk State 7  

References

  1. ↑ "Standings and Leaders". meacsports.com. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
  2. ↑ "2015 MEAC Baseball Championship Central" (PDF). meacsports.com. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
  3. ↑ "2014-15 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
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