2018 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

2018 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams 6
Format Double-elimination
Finals Site
Champions Hartford Hawks (1st title)
Winning coach Justin Blood (1st title)
MVP Drew DeMartino Hartford
Television ESPN+
2018 America East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Hartford  ‍†‍‍ 16–8–0 .667  23–29–0 .442
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 13–11–0 .542  24–27–0 .471
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 12–11–0 .522  22–29–0 .431
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  30–23–0 .566
Maine  ‍‍‍ 12–12–0 .500  19–33–0 .365
Albany  ‍‍‍ 9–14–0 .391  20–26–0 .435
Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 9–15–0 .375  18–30–1 .378
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 24, 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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