1997 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament

The 1997 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held in Tallahassee, FL. #4 Bethune-Cookman College defeated #2 Florida A&M University for the title.

Participating Teams

Seed	School	Conf. Record	Head Coach
1	Howard University	13-3	Chuck Hinton
2	Florida A&M University	8-3	Joe Durant
3	Coppin State College	10-5	Jason Booker
4	Bethune-Cookman College	9-7	Richard Skeel
5	Delaware State University	8-14	Harry Van Sant
6	North Carolina A&T State University	3-8	Keith Shumate
7	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	4-19	Kaye Pinhey

Results

Bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Third Round					Fourth Round					Finals
	Winner's Bracket
						1	Howard	1
						4	Bethune-Cookman	7
	4	Bethune-Cookman	10
	5	Delaware St.	4
											4	Bethune-Cookman	7
											3	Coppin St.	2
	2	Florida A&M	21
	7	Maryland-Eastern Shore	1
						2	Florida A&M	7
						3	Coppin St.	8
	3	Coppin St.	7
	6	North Carolina A&T	4																		4	Bethune-Cookman	13	x
																					2	Florida A&M	4	x
	Loser's Bracket
	7	Maryland-Eastern Shore	3
	6	North Carolina A&T	8			2	Florida A&M	11
						6	North Carolina A&T	10
											1	Howard	5
											2	Florida A&M	9			3	Coppin St.	5
						1	Howard	7								2	Florida A&M	8
						5	Delaware St.	5

Game Results

Game	Winner	Score	Loser	Notes
May 2
Game 1	Bethune-Cookman College	10-4	Delaware State University
Game 2	Coppin State College	7-4	North Carolina A&T State University
Game 3	Florida A&M University	21-1	University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Game 4	North Carolina A&T State University	8-3	University of Maryland Eastern Shore	Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated
May 3
Game 5	Bethune-Cookman College	7-1	Howard University
Game 6	Coppin State College	8-7	Florida A&M University
Game 7	Florida A&M University	11-10	North Carolina A&T State University	North Carolina A&T eliminated
Game 8	Howard University	7-5	Delaware State University	Delaware State eliminated
May 4
Game 9	Bethune-Cookman College	7-2	Coppin State College
Game 10	Florida A&M University	9-5	Howard University	Howard eliminated
Game 11	Florida A&M University	8-5	Coppin State College	Coppin State eliminated
May 5
Game 12	Bethune-Cookman College	13-4	Florida A&M University	Bethune-Cookman wins MEAC title

All-Tournament Team

(incomplete)

• Ruffin Bell, Coppin State
• Cecil Christwell, Coppin State
• Brian Pisani, Coppin State