The 2022 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was played from May 19 to May 21 at Marty L. Miller Field on the campus of Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Virginia. It was a four-team double elimination tournament. The winner, Coppin State, claimed the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference's automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[2][3]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Coppin State (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Sherman Reed |
| Television | HBCU Go |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State † | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | 26 | – | 23 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coppin State ‡y | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | 24 | – | 29 | .453 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 15 | – | 18 | .455 | 17 | – | 38 | .309 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | 15 | – | 32 | .319 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of December 19, 2024[1] Rankings from D1Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It proved to be the last-ever MEAC tournament, at least for the foreseeable future. After the 2022 season, the MEAC merged its baseball league into that of the Northeast Conference (NEC), with the four remaining MEAC baseball schools becoming NEC affiliates.[4]
Format and seeding
editThe four teams were seeded one through four based on regular season records, with the top seed playing the fourth seed and the other two teams facing off in first-round matchups. The winners advanced in the winners' bracket, while first-round losers played elimination games.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware State | 19 | 14 | .576 | — | 1 |
| Coppin State | 17 | 13 | .567 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Maryland Eastern Shore | 15 | 18 | .455 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Norfolk State | 12 | 18 | .400 | 5.5 | 4 |
Bracket
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware State | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Norfolk State | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware State | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coppin State | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coppin State | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Coppin State | 3 | 18 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware State | 4 | 11 | |||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | |||||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware State | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Norfolk State | 5 | 3 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 10 | |||||||||
| 3 | Maryland Eastern Shore | 12 | ||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "2022 Baseball Standings". meacsports.com. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
- ^ "2021-22 MEAC Championships". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "2022 MEAC Baseball Championship". Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. Retrieved May 18, 2022.
- ^ "NEC & MEAC Announce Three-Sport Associate Member Partnership" (Press release). Northeast Conference. July 12, 2022. Retrieved July 12, 2022.