Year: | 2011 |
Conference: | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
Shortconference: | MEAC |
Teams: | 6 |
Format: | Double-elimination tournament |
Ballpark: | Jackie Robinson Ballpark |
City: | Daytona Beach, Florida |
Titlecount: | 12th |
Coach: | Mervyl Melendez |
Coachcount: | 11th |
Mvp: | Peter O'Brien |
Mvpteam: | Bethune-Cookman |
The 2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 18 and ended on May 21 at Jackie Robinson Ballpark, on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University in Daytona Beach, Florida. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. won the tournament, as they have done each year but one since the tournament began in 1999. The Wildcats claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2011 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[1]
The top six finishers from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only, with the top seed playing the sixth seed, second seed playing the fifth, and so on for first round matchups. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first round losers played elimination games. The format meant that was left out of the field.
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
18 | 0 | — | 1 | |||
11 | 7 | 7 | 2 | |||
10 | 8 | 8 | 3 | |||
9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | |||
7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | |||
6 | 12 | 12 | 6 | |||
2 | 16 | 16 | — |
Bracket to be added
Date | Game | Winner | Score | Loser | Notes | |
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May 18 | 1 | No. 2 | 5 – 0 | No. 5 | ||
2 | No. 1 | 18 – 5 | No. 6 | |||
3 | No. 4 | 14 – 4 | No. 3 | |||
May 19 | 4 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 11 – 6 | Florida A&M | Florida A&M eliminated | |
5 | Norfolk State | 11 – 1 | Delaware State | |||
6 | North Carolina A&T | 11 – 1 | Maryland Eastern Shore | Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated | ||
May 20 | 7 | Delaware State | 3 – 2 | North Carolina A&T | North Carolina A&T eliminated | |
8 | Bethune-Cookman | 8 – 0 | Norfolk State | |||
9 | Norfolk State | 9 – 3 | Delaware State | Delaware State eliminated | ||
May 21 | 10 | Bethune-Cookman | 9 – 3 | Norfolk State | Bethune-Cookman wins MEAC Tournament |
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Name | Team | |
---|---|---|
Tobi Adeyemi | Florida A&M | |
Scott Davis | Delaware State | |
Ryan Durrence | Bethune-Cookman | |
Brandon Hairston | Norfolk State | |
Tre-Von Johnson | Maryland Eastern Shore | |
Luis Mena | Maryland Eastern Shore | |
John Rasberry | Norfolk State | |
Peter O'Brien | Bethune-Cookman | |
Nick Oelker | North Carolina A&T | |
Ryan Shook | Norfolk State | |
James Taylor | Norfolk State |
Peter O'Brien | |
Bethune-Cookman |