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2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida A&M (2nd title)
Winning coachJamey Shouppe (2nd title)
MVPKaycee Reese ((Florida A&M))
TelevisionFloSports
2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Northern
Norfolk State  x‍‍‍ 17 7 0   .708 24 26 0   .480
Coppin State  ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 24 24 0   .500
Delaware State  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 20 25 0   .444
Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍ 4 20 0   .167 10 44 0   .185
Southern
North Carolina A&T  x‍‍‍ 16 8 0   .667 29 24 0   .547
Florida A&M  ‍‍y 14 10 0   .583 27 34 0   .443
North Carolina Central  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 21 28 0   .429
Savannah State  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 13 27 1   .329
Bethune-Cookman  ‍‍‍ 10 14 0   .417 17 38 0   .309
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2019[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 15 and ended on May 18 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, FL. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Florida A&M, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. Bethune-Cookman had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015, and Savannah State in 2013.[2]

Format and seeding

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The top three teams in the North and South Division were 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 and the third seed from the North. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The top seed from each division earned a first round bye.

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
1NNorfolk State7
2SFlorida A&M132SFlorida A&M2
3NDelaware State31NNorfolk State4
1SNorth Carolina A&T2
1SNorth Carolina A&T5
2NCoppin State33SSavannah State4
3SSavannah State7
1NNorfolk State41
2SFlorida A&M58
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2SFlorida A&M6
3NDelaware State81SNorth Carolina A&T2
3NDelaware State52SFlorida A&M9
3NDelaware State63SSavannah State4
2NCoppin State5

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Game summaries

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Conference championship

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MEAC Championship
(2S) Florida A&M Rattlers vs. (1N) Norfolk State Spartans
May 18, 2019, 1:00 pm EDT, at Jackie Robinson Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, 81 °F (27 °C), clear
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(2S) Florida A&M 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 5 7 1
(1N) Norfolk State 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 10 2
WP: Jeremiah McCollum (5–2)   LP: Trey Hanchey (3–1)   Sv: None
Home runs:
FAMU: None
NSU: Alsander Womack (3); Caleb Ward (5)
Attendance: 300
May 18, 2019, 5:00 pm EDT, at Jackie Robinson Park in Daytona Beach, Florida, 80 °F (27 °C), clear
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
(2S) Florida A&M 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 11 1
(1N) Norfolk State 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 4
WP: Kyle Coleman (6–5)   LP: Kevin Alicea (2–5)   Sv: None
Home runs:
FAMU: None
NSU: None
Attendance: 250

References

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  1. ^ "Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018-19 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  3. ^ "2019 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Championship Bracket" (PDF). Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 16, 2019.