The 2009 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament began on May 14 and ended on May 17 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 2009 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 16 2 — 1 10 8 6 2 10 8 6 3 9 9 7 4 9 9 7 5 9 9 7 6 3 15 15 —
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Game results Date Game Winner Score Loser Notes May 14 Game 1 (1) 12–3 (6) Game 2 (5) 6–4 (2) Game 3 (3) 12–2 (4) May 15 Game 4 (6) 5–3 (2) Delaware State eliminated Game 5 (5) 11–5 (3) Game 6 (6) 4–0 (4) Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated May 16 Game 7 (3) 15–2 (6) Norfolk State eliminated Game 8 (1) 16–1 (5) Game 9 (5) 10–3 (3) Florida A&M eliminated May 17 Game 10 (1) 15–9 (5) Bethune-Cookman wins MEAC Championship
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Name Team Hiram Burgos Bethune-Cookman Bryan Chaikowsky Maryland Eastern Shore Chase Davenport Norfolk State Russel Deutschmann Maryland Eastern Shore Darryl Evans Florida A&M Chris Fullman Florida A&M Juan Herrera Norfolk State George Hines North Carolina A&T CJ Lauriello Bethune-Cookman John Lynch Norfolk State Xavier Macklin North Carolina A&T Marquis Riley North Carolina A&T Tim Schalch Florida A&M
Outstanding Performer Marquis Riley was named Tournament Outstanding Performer. Riley was an infielder for North Carolina A&T.
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