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2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida A&M (1st title)
Winning coachJamey Shouppe (1st title)
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  x‍‍y 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 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

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The top three teams in the North Division and top three finishers from the South Division were 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

Results

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
N3Delaware State13
S2Bethune-Cookman2N1Norfolk State11
N3Delaware State6N3Delaware State2
S1Florida A&M11
S3Savannah State4
N2Maryland Eastern Shore6S1Florida A&M7
S3Savannah State8
S1Florida A&M8
S2Bethune-Cookman2
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower final
S2Bethune-Cookman3
N3Delaware State0
S3Savannah State2
S2Bethune-Cookman12S2Bethune-Cookman13
N1Norfolk State1
N2Maryland Eastern Shore6
N1Norfolk State7

References

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  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. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015.