2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2018 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsHartford Hawks (1st title)
Winning coachJustin Blood (1st title)
MVPDrew DeMartino (Hartford)
TelevisionESPN+
2018 America East Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Hartford  ‍†‍‡‍y 16 – 8 – 0   .667 26 – 31 – 0   .456
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 13 – 11 – 0   .542 25 – 29 – 0   .463
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 12 – 11 – 0   .522 22 – 29 – 0   .431
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 32 – 25 – 0   .561
Maine  ‍‍‍ 12 – 12 – 0   .500 20 – 34 – 0   .370
Albany  ‍‍‍ 9 – 14 – 0   .391 20 – 28 – 0   .417
Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 9 – 15 – 0   .375 18 – 30 – 1   .378
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 23 to 26, 2018. The top six teams out of the league's seven members met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine, the home park of Maine.[2] As tournament champion, Hartford received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Seeding and format[]

The top six teams from the regular season are seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive a first-round bye. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.

Bracket[]

  First round
Wednesday, May 23 		Second Round
Thursday, May 24 		Third Round
Friday, May 25 		Semifinals
Friday, May 25 		Championship
Saturday, May 26
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  6 Albany 8     1 Hartford 2  
  3 UMBC 5     4 Stony Brook 0    
      1 Hartford 4              
      2 UMass Lowell 3              
  4 Stony Brook 2     2 UMass Lowell 4          
  5 Maine 1     6 Albany 0        
        1 Hartford 9 –
Loser's Bracket       4 Stony Brook 4 –
  5 Maine 9        
  3 UMBC 4          
      5 Maine 6        
      6 Albany 1          
            4 Stony Brook 11              
          5 Maine 4              
      2 UMass Lowell 5    
    4 Stony Brook 6  

References[]

  1. ^ "Conference Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "MBB Playoff Changes, 2018 Baseball Championship Site Determined at Annual Meeting". America East Conference. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
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