1998 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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1998 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
  • Frawley Stadium
  • Wilmington, DE
ChampionsDelaware (3rd title)
Winning coachBob Hannah (3rd title)
MVPChris Frey (Delaware)

The 1998 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated second-seeded Northeastern, 10-4, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament.[1][2]

Seeding[]

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other.[2]

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Delaware 22 2 .917
–
1
Northeastern 17 9 .654
6
2
Vermont 15 12 .556
8.5
3
Hofstra 14 14 .500
10
4
Maine 12 16 .429
12
–
Drexel 9 15 .375
14
–
Towson 9 18 .333
15.5
–
Hartford 7 19 .269
17
–

Results[]

  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Delaware 8  
4 Hofstra 0  
  1 Delaware 4  
  2 Northeastern 2  
2 Northeastern 10
3 Vermont 8  
  1 Delaware 10 —
  2 Northeastern 4 —
4 Hofstra 6  
3 Vermont 7[a]  
  2 Northeastern 12
  3 Vermont 7  

All-Tournament Team[]

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Player Team
Matt Phillips Delaware
Chris Frey Delaware
Matt Ardizzone Delaware
Frank DiMaggio Delaware
Brad Eyman Delaware
Dan Trivits Delaware
Carlos Peña Northeastern
Kevin Kim Northeastern
Hernan Guerrero Northeastern
Wade Rikert Vermont
Pat Friel Hofstra

Most Outstanding Player[]

Delaware pitcher Chris Frey was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes[]

  1. ^ 10 innings.

References[]

  1. ^ a b "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. ^ a b "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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