2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament
Teams8
FormatDouble-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsNorfolk State (1st title)
Winning coachKeith Shumate (1st title)
MVPAlsander Womack (Norfolk State)
TelevisionFloSports
2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Northern Division
Norfolk State  x‍‍‡‍y 18 – 10   .643 25 – 28   .472
Delaware State  ‍‍‍ 13 – 18   .419 15 – 27   .357
Coppin State  ‍‍‍ 7 – 20   .259 10 – 29   .256
Southern Division
North Carolina Central  x‍‍‍ 17 – 11   .607 27 – 20   .574
Florida A&M  ‍‍‍ 15 – 13   .536 22 – 33   .400
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 17 – 15   .531 22 – 32   .407
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
  • Florida A&M is ineligible for postseason play and conference championships due to NCAA sanctions.
    As of June 5, 2021[1]
    Rankings from D1Baseball


The 2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 22 at Marty L. Miller Field on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a six-team double elimination tournament. Norfolk State won the tournament for the first time and claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3] Departing member Bethune-Cookman, which opted out of baseball competition for 2021,[4] had claimed sixteen of the prior twenty-one tournament championships, with North Carolina A&T earning the 2005 and 2018 titles, Florida A&M winning in 2015 and 2019, and Savannah State in 2013.

Format and seeding

The top two teams from each division qualified for the Tournament, with seeding determined by conference winning percentage from the regular season. The top seed form the North Division played the second seed from the South and vice versa, with winners advancing and losers playing elimination games in the double-elimination tournament.

North Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Norfolk State 18 10 .643 — 1N
Delaware State 13 18 .419 6.5 2N
Coppin State 7 20 .259 10.5 —
West Division
Team W L Pct. GB Seed
North Carolina Central 17 11 .607 — 1S
Florida A&M 15 13 .536 2 2S
North Carolina A&T 17 15 .531 2 —

Tournament

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1NNorfolk State8
2SFlorida A&M3
1NNorfolk State1
1SNorth Carolina Central0
1SNorth Carolina Central9
2NDelaware State4
1NNorfolk State
1SNorth Carolina Central
Lower round 1Lower final
1SNorth Carolina Central5
2SFlorida A&M142SFlorida A&M3
2NDelaware State13

Game results

Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 20 Game 1 (1S) North Carolina Central 9–4 (2N) Delaware State
Game 2 (1N) Norfolk State 8–3 (2S) Florida A&M
May 21 Game 3 (1N) Norfolk State 1–0 (1S) North Carolina Central
Game 4 (2S) Florida A&M 14–13 (2N) Delaware State Delaware State eliminated
Game 5 (1S) North Carolina Central 5–3 (2S) Florida A&M Florida A&M eliminated
May 22 Game 6 (1N) Norfolk State 7–611 (1S) North Carolina Central Norfolk State wins MEAC Tournament

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3]

Name School
LJ Bryant Florida A&M
James Deloatch Norfolk State
Ty Hanchey Norfolk State
Danny Hosley Norfolk State
Cort Maynard North Carolina Central
Octavien Moyer Florida A&M
Cameron Norgren North Carolina Central
Miguel Rivera Delaware State
Shawn Runey North Carolina Central
Austin Vernon North Carolina Central
John Weglarz Delaware State
Alsander Womack Norfolk State

Outstanding Performer and Outstanding Coach

Alsander Womack was named Tournament Outstanding Performer, while Keith Shumate was named Tournament Outstanding Coach. Womack was a second baseman for Norfolk State, while Shumate was the Spartans' head coach.[3]

References

  1. ^ "2021 Baseball Standings". meacsports.com. Retrieved June 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "2021 MEAC Baseball Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Norfolk State Wins 2021 MEAC Baseball Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. May 22, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  4. ^ Zach Dean (October 27, 2021). "Bethune-Cookman shuts down all sports through spring, citing 'spike' in COVID-19 cases". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Retrieved May 25, 2021.