2012 Delaware State Hornets baseball team

2012 Delaware State Hornets baseball
MEAC Northern Division Champions
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record40-17 (22-2 MEAC)
Head coach
Assistant coachRuss Steinhorn (1st Year)
2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference baseball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Northern
Delaware State  x‍‍‍ 22 2 0   .917 40 17 1   .698
Norfolk State  ‍‍‍ 15 9 0   .625 22 28 0   .440
Maryland Eastern Shore  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 14 39 0   .264
Coppin State  ‍‍‍ 0 24 0   .000 1 53 0   .019
Southern
Bethune-Cookman  x‍‍y 18 5 0   .783 34 27 0   .557
North Carolina Central  ‍‍‍ 13 10 0   .565 19 32 0   .373
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 20 36 0   .357
Savannah State  ‍‍‍ 11 13 0   .458 19 34 0   .358
Florida A&M  ‍‍‍ 5 19 0   .208 7 45 0   .135
x – Division champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 4, 2012
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2012 Delaware State Hornets baseball team represented Delaware State University in the sport of baseball during the 2012 college baseball season. The Hornets competed in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Northern Division of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They played their home games on the university's Dover, Delaware campus. The team was coached by J. P. Blandin, who was in his twelfth season at Delaware State. The Hornets were looking to build upon their 26-29 record from the 2011 season.

The Hornets finished the regular season at 35-15 with a conference record of 22-2. The Hornets would lose in the second round to Maryland Eastern Shore, but they would then go onto the finals of the MEAC Tournament to face Bethune–Cookman. The Hornets beat the Wildcats in the first game 3-2, but were stopped 8-3 in the second game, thus ending their season.