2013 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2013 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 22–26. 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.[2] This is the first year that the event was held at a pre-determined neutral site since 2001. UMass Lowell, which would join the conference following the season and was a tenant of the park, served as the host of the tournament.[3] Second-seeded Binghamton defeated first-seeded Maine in the championship game, which was played at Rhode Island's Bill Beck Field due to scheduling issues.[4]
| Teams | 4 |
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| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Binghamton (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Tim Sinicki (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jake Lambert, Binghamton |
| 2013 America East Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine † | 20 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .690 | 37 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .627 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton ‡y | 16 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .552 | 30 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 16 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .533 | 23 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 15 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .500 | 25 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 13 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .433 | 17 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 9 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .300 | 18 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of May 19, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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| Maine | 20 | 9 | .690 | ||
| Binghamton | 16 | 13 | .552 | ||
| Albany | 16 | 14 | .533 | ||
| Stony Brook | 15 | 15 | .500 | ||
| Hartford | 13 | 17 | .433 | ||
| UMBC | 9 | 21 | .300 |
Bracket
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 1 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Austin Chase | Albany |
| Brandon McNitt | Stony Brook |
| Johnny Caputo | Stony Brook |
| Tommy Lawrence | Maine |
| Mike Connolly | Maine |
| Eric White | Maine |
| Daniel Nevares | Binghamton |
| David Schanz | Binghamton |
| Shaun McGraw | Binghamton |
| Jake Lambert | Binghamton |
Most Outstanding Player
Jake Lambert, Binghamton
References
- "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- "2013 America East Conference Baseball Championship Central". America East Conference. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- "Lowell's LeLacheur Park to Host 2013 America East Baseball Championship". America East Conference. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- Warner, Pete (June 3, 2013). "America East Should Rethink Baseball Tournament Format". BangorDailyNews.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.