2000 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Tournament

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The 2000 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball tournament was held in Ormond Beach, FL. Bethune-Cookman College defeated Florida A&M University for the title.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
North 1 Delaware State University 14-1 Tripp Keister
North 2 Howard University 12-5 Jimmy Williams
North 3 Coppin State College 4-9 Paul Blair
North 4 University of Maryland Eastern Shore 0-15 Kaye Pinhey
South 1 Norfolk State University 20-7 Marty L. Miller
South 2 Florida A&M University 9-7 Joe Durant
South 3 Bethune-Cookman College 10-8 Mervyl Melendez
South 4 North Carolina A&T State University 4-13 Keith Shumate


Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
April 28
Game 1 Florida A&M University 20-2 Coppin State College
Game 2 Bethune-Cookman College 37-2 Howard University
Game 3 North Carolina A&T State University 12-6 Delaware State University
Game 4 Norfolk State University 18-9 University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Game 5 Howard University 17-10 Coppin State College Coppin State eliminated
Game 6 Delaware State University 18-5 University of Maryland Eastern Shore Maryland Eastern Shore eliminated
April 29
Game 7 Florida A&M University 19-4 North Carolina A&T State University
Game 8 Bethune-Cookman College 11-4 Norfolk State University
Game 9 Delaware State University 11-3 Howard University Howard eliminated
Game 10 Bethune-Cookman College 8-6 Florida A&M University
Game 11 Delaware State University 7-4 Norfolk State University Norfolk State eliminated
Game 12 North Carolina A&T State University 8-3 Delaware State University Delaware State eliminated
April 30
Game 13 Florida A&M University 12-10 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina A&T eliminated
Game 14 Bethune-Cookman College 13-10 (8)* Florida A&M University Bethune-Cookman advances to NCAA tournament

*Bethune-Cookman and Florida A&M were involved in a bench clearing brawl in the 8th inning. During a "cooling-off" period on their respective team buses, FAMU returned home rather than resume the game.