2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 to 27, 2017. All six eligible participants out of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home park of UMass Lowell and the minor league Lowell Spinners.[2][3] UMBC won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[4]

2017 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
MVP,
2017 America East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Binghamton   154 .789  3013 .698
UMBC  y 119 .550  2325 .479
Stony Brook   1210 .545  2626 .500
Albany   1013 .435  2626 .500
UMass Lowell *  1013 .435  2226 .458
Maine   812 .400  2529 .463
Hartford   813 .381  2030 .400
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament

Seeding and format

All six eligible participants from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received a first-round bye. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, was not eligible to participate as it was transitioning from Division II. The River Hawks are expected to complete this transition and be eligible for championships in the 2017–18 academic year.[5]

Bracket

  First round
Wednesday, May 24
Second Round
Thursday, May 25
Third Round
Friday, May 26
Semifinals
Friday, May 26
Championship
Saturday, May 27
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 Albany 3     1 Binghamton 3  
  5 Maine 0     4 Albany 7    
      4 Albany 0              
      2 UMBC 9              
  3 Stony Brook 4     2 UMBC 3          
  6 Hartford 3     3 Stony Brook 2        
        2 UMBC 2 -
Loser's Bracket       5 Maine 1 -
  5 Maine 2        
  6 Hartford 1          
      5 Maine 3        
      3 Stony Brook 0          
            5 Maine 8              
          1 Binghamton 3              
      4 Albany 5    
    5 Maine 12  

References

  1. "America East Conference". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  2. "2016-17 Championship Schedule". America East Conference. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  3. "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
  4. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
  5. "UMass Lowell Joins the America East". America East Conference. December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
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