2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament

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.

2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Marty L. Miller Field Norfolk, Virginia
Champions	Norfolk State (1st title)
Winning coach	Keith Shumate (1st title)
MVP	Alsander Womack (Norfolk State)
Television	FloSports
← 2019 MEAC baseball tournament 2022 →

2021 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings

v t e	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

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 1

Upper final

Final

1N

Norfolk State

8

2S

Florida A&M

3

1N

Norfolk State

1

1S

North Carolina Central

0

1S

North Carolina Central

9

2N

Delaware State

4

1N

Norfolk State

1S

North Carolina Central

Lower round 1

Lower final

1S

North Carolina Central

5

2S

Florida A&M

14

2S

Florida A&M

3

2N

Delaware State

13

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]