The 2010 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 20 and ended on May 23 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 2010 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 15 3 3 2 9 9 9 3 8 10 10 4 7 11 11 5 3 15 15 6 3 15 15 —
Bracket and results Bracket to be added
Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes May 20 Game 1 (2) 5–3 (5) Game 2 (1) 15–5 (6) Game 3 (3) 5–4 (4) May 21 Game 4 (5) 12–8 (6) Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated Game 5 (2) 7–2 (3) Game 6 (4) 14–2 (5) Coppin State eliminated May 22 Game 7 (3) 5–1 (4) Delaware State eliminated Game 8 (2) 8–7 (3) Norfolk State eliminated Game 9 (1) 7–3 (2) May 23 Game 10 (1) 7–4 (2) Bethune–Cookman wins MEAC Championship
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name Team Jeremy Davis Bethune-Cookman Kelvin Freeman North Carolina A&T George Hines North Carolina A&T DJ Leonard Bethune-Cookman Nick Oelker North Carolina A&T Esterlin Paulino North Carolina A&T Dwight Robinson Coppin State Nick Rogers North Carolina A&T Alejandro Sanchez Bethune-Cookman Sammy Serefine Norfolk State Phil Vaughn Maryland Eastern Shore
Outstanding Performer DJ Leonard was named Tournament Outstanding Performer. Leonard was an outfielder for Bethune-Cookman.
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