2011 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament explained

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]

Format and seeding

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 and results

Bracket to be added

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
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

All-Tournament Team

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

Outstanding Performer

Peter O'Brien
Bethune-Cookman

Notes and References

  1. Book: 2011 Postseason Baseball Weekly Release. MEAC. June 2, 2011. March 17, 2019.