1998 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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]

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

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]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Delaware222.917
–
1
Northeastern179.654
6
2
Vermont1512.556
8.5
3
Hofstra1414.500
10
4
Maine1216.429
12
–
Drexel915.375
14
–
Towson918.333
15.5
–
Hartford719.269
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[lower-alpha 1]  
  2 Northeastern 12
  3 Vermont 7  

All-Tournament Team

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

Player Team
Matt PhillipsDelaware
Chris FreyDelaware
Matt ArdizzoneDelaware
Frank DiMaggioDelaware
Brad EymanDelaware
Dan TrivitsDelaware
Carlos PeñaNortheastern
Kevin KimNortheastern
Hernan GuerreroNortheastern
Wade RikertVermont
Pat FrielHofstra

Most Outstanding Player

Delaware pitcher Chris Frey was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes
  1. 10 innings.

References
  1. "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. "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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