2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 16 and ended on May 19, 2018 at Sliwa Stadium on the campus of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a six-team double elimination tournament. As winner, North Carolina A&T claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. Bethune-Cookman has claimed sixteen of the nineteen tournament championships, with Florida A&M winning in 2015, Savannah State in 2013 and North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 title.[2]

2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
MVP,
2018 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northern
Coppin State  x‍‍‍ 18–4 .818  20–22 .476
Norfolk State  ‍‍‍ 13–10 .565  18–28 .391
Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍ 8–16 .333  12–40 .231
Delaware State  ‍‍‍ 7–16 .304  9–35 .205
Southern
North Carolina A&T  x‍‍‍ 16–8 .667  29–23 .558
Florida A&M  ‍‍‍ 15–9 .625  25–28 .472
Bethune-Cookman  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  20–32 .385
North Carolina Central  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  28–24 .538
Savannah State  ‍‍‍ 4–20 .167  7–34 .171
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
As of May 16, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Format and seeding

The top three teams from each of the MEAC's two divisions will be 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 against the third seed from the North. The top seeds will receive a single bye and play the winners of the first round matchups, while the losers will play an elimination game.

Bracket
  First round
Wednesday, May 16		 Second Round
Thursday, May 17		 Third Round
Friday, May 18		 Semifinals
Friday, May 18		 Championship
Saturday, May 19
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  2S Florida A&M 14     1N Coppin State 5  
  3N Maryland-Eastern Shore 4     2S Florida A&M 3    
      1N Coppin State 7              
      1S North Carolina A&T 15              
  2N Norfolk State 8     1S North Carolina A&T 12          
  3S Bethune-Cookman 7     2N Norfolk State 3        
        1S North Carolina A&T 12
Loser's Bracket       3S Bethune-Cookman 9
  3N Maryland-Eastern Shore 3        
  3S Bethune-Cookman 13          
      2N Norfolk State 3        
      3S Bethune-Cookman 12          
            2S Florida A&M 3              
          3S Bethune-Cookman 9              
      3S Bethune-Cookman 8    
    1N Coppin State 3  

References
  1. "Conference Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  2. "2017-18 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Archived from the original on November 2, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
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