2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 8 |
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| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Bethune-Cookman (16th title) |
| Winning coach | Jason Beverlin (4th title) |
| MVP | Danny Rodriguez (Bethune-Cookman) |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State x† | 16 | – | 7 | .696 | 26 | – | 22 | .542 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 22 | – | 25 | .468 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 9 | – | 15 | .375 | 12 | – | 40 | .231 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coppin State | 8 | – | 15 | .348 | 11 | – | 31 | .262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman x‡y | 15 | – | 8 | .652 | 36 | – | 25 | .590 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 15 | – | 9 | .625 | 28 | – | 25 | .528 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 14 | – | 10 | .583 | 27 | – | 26 | .509 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 12 | – | 11 | .522 | 22 | – | 28 | .440 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Savannah State | 3 | – | 21 | .125 | 12 | – | 39 | .235 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 17 and ended on May 20, 2017 at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, in Salisbury, MD. It was an eight-team double elimination tournament. Bethune-Cookman won the tournament and claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[1] The Wildcats won their sixteenth tournament out of the nineteen events, with Florida A&M winning in 2015, Savannah State in 2013 and North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 title.[2][3]
Format and seeding
The top three teams in each division were seeded one through three based on regular season records. The two division winners earned 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 advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games.
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Bracket
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]
| Name | School |
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| Evan Regez | Delaware State |
| Darnell Maisonet | Delaware State |
| Kyle Clary | North Carolina A&T State |
| Myles Sowell | North Carolina A&T State |
| Justin Burrell | Norfolk State |
| Devin Hemmerich | Norfolk State |
| Andre' Moore | Norfolk State |
| Stephen Baughan | Norfolk State |
| Danny Rodriguez | Bethune-Cookman |
| Austin Garcia | Bethune-Cookman |
| Anthony Maldonado | Bethune-Cookman |
| Demetrius Sims | Bethune-Cookman |
Outstanding Performer
Bethune-Cookman first baseman Danny Rodriguez was named Tournament Outstanding Performer.[3]
References
- ^ "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
- ^ "2016-17 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
- ^ a b c "Bethune-Cookman Wins 2017 MEAC Baseball Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. May 20, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.