2014 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2014 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBinghamton (3rd title)
Winning coachTim Sinicki (3rd title)
MVPShaun McGraw (Binghamton)
2014 America East Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Stony Brook  ‍†‍‍ 18 – 5   .783 35 – 18   .660
Hartford  ‍‍‍ 16 – 7   .696 31 – 23   .574
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 10 – 10   .500 20 – 22   .476
Binghamton  ‍‍‡‍y 11 – 12   .478 25 – 26   .490
Maine  ‍‍‍ 10 – 11   .476 24 – 29   .453
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 17 – 29   .370
Albany  ‍‍‍ 7 – 17   .292 12 – 33   .267
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 6, 2014[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–23. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home park of UMass Lowell. Binghamton won their third tournament championship, and second consecutive, to claim the America East Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3][4][5][6]

Seeding and format[]

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams will play a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, is not eligible to participate as it transitions from Division II.[7] With one weekend left in the regular season, Stony Brook, Hartford, Maine, and Binghamton clinched berths in the Tournament.[8]

Team W L Pct GB Seed
Stony Brook 18 5 .783 – 1
Hartford 16 7 .696 2 2
UMass Lowell 10 10 .500 6.5 –
Binghamton 11 12 .478 7 3
Maine 10 11 .476 7 4
UMBC 7 17 .292 11.5 –
Albany 7 17 .292 11.5 –

Bracket[]

A game between Hartford and eventual champion Binghamton
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Stony Brook 4  
4 Maine 1  
  1 Stony Brook 10  
  2 Hartford 6  
2 Hartford 6
3 Binghamton 1  
  1 Stony Brook 3 7
  3 Binghamton 4 8
4 Maine 3  
3 Binghamton 6  
  2 Hartford 0
  3 Binghamton 8  

All-Tournament Team[]

Name School
Scott Heath Maine
Sean Newcomb Hartford
David MacKinnon Hartford
Joshua Mason Stony Brook
Anthony Italiano Stony Brook
Casey Baker Stony Brook
Greg Ostner Binghamton
Anthony Grillini Binghamton
Eddie Posavec Binghamton
Shaun McGraw Binghamton

Most Outstanding Player[]

Shaun McGraw was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. McGraw was an infielder for Binghamton, who collected four hits in the championship game..[6]

References[]

  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
  2. ^ "2013-14 Championship Schedule". America East Conference. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  3. ^ "Bearcats baseball schedule released". Binghamton Bearcats. October 9, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  4. ^ John Hartrick (October 10, 2013). "Baseball team to open 2014 season at Duke". Binghamton University. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  5. ^ "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Binghamton Wins 2nd-Straight #AEBASE Title". America East Conference. May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
  7. ^ "UMass Lowell Joins the America East". America East Conference. December 26, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  8. ^ "Maine, Binghamton Clinch Final #AEBASE Playoff Spots". America East Conference. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
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