1996 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1996 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #1 Bethune-Cookman College defeated #4 Florida A&M University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Bethune-Cookman College	12-1	Brian Rhees
2	Coppin State College	13-5	Jason Booker
3	Howard University	11-7	Chuck Hinton
4	Florida A&M University	6-4	Joe Durant
5	Delaware State University	9-9	Harry Van Sant
6	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	4-16	Kaye Pinhey
7	North Carolina A&T State University	1-10	Richard Watkins

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Bethune-Cookman	4
						4	Florida A&M	3
	4	Florida A&M	7
	5	Delaware St.	2
											1	Bethune-Cookman	3
											2	Coppin St.	2
	2	Coppin St.	5
	7	North Carolina A&T	4
						2	Coppin St.	8
						6	Maryland-Eastern Shore	1
	3	Howard	7
	6	Maryland-Eastern Shore	8																		1	Bethune-Cookman	6	x
																					4	Florida A&M	3	x
	Loser's Bracket
	5	Delaware St.	5
	3	Howard	2			4	Florida A&M	8
						5	Delaware St.	7
											6	Maryland-Eastern Shore	6
											4	Florida A&M	14			2	Coppin St.	3
						4	Florida A&M	8								4	Florida A&M	9
						7	North Carolina A&T	7

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 1
Game 1	Florida A&M University	7-2	Delaware State University
Game 2	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	8-7	Howard University
Game 3	Coppin State College	5-4	North Carolina A&T State University
Game 4	Bethune-Cookman College	4-3	Florida A&M University
May 2
Game 5	Delaware State University	5-2	Howard University	Howard eliminated
Game 6	Florida A&M University	8-7	North Carolina A&T State University	North Carolina A&T eliminated
Game 7	Coppin State College	8-1	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Game 8	Florida A&M University	8-7	Delaware State University	Delaware State eliminated
May 3
Game 9	Bethune-Cookman College	3-2	Coppin State College
Game 10	Florida A&M University	14-6	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated
Game 11	Florida A&M University	9-3	Coppin State College	Coppin State eliminated
May 12
Game 12	Bethune-Cookman College	6-3	Florida A&M University	Bethune-Cookman wins MEAC title

All-Tournament Team

(possibly incomplete)

• Francisco Antunez, Bethune-Cookman
• Rory Beauford, Bethune-Cookman
• Freddie Little, Bethune-Cookman
• Mervyl Melendez, Bethune-Cookman
• Mike Rawls, Bethune-Cookman
• Ramon Santiago, Coppin State
• Danny Singletary, Coppin State
• Corey Battey, Florida A&M
• Demetry Beamon, Florida A&M
• Anthony Robinson, Florida A&M