2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsFlorida A&M (1st title)
Winning coachJamey Shouppe (1st title)
MVP,
2015 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Format and seeding

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
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Norfolk State195
.792
—
N1
Maryland-Eastern Shore1410
.583
5
N2
Delaware State1311
.542
6
N3
Coppin State222
.083
17
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South Division
TeamWLPctGBSeed
Florida A&M159
.625
—
S1
Bethune-Cookman1410
.583
1
S2
Savannah State1212
.500
3
S3
North Carolina Central1212
.500
3
—
North Carolina A&T717
.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. Archived from the original on February 5, 2015. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
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