2014 America East Conference baseball tournament

2014 America East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Edward A. LeLacheur Park Lowell, Massachusetts
Champions	Binghamton (3rd title)
Winning coach	Tim Sinicki (3rd title)
MVP	Shaun McGraw (Binghamton)

2014 America East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Stony Brook  ‍†‍‍	18	–	5		.783			35	–	18		.660
Hartford  ‍‍‍	16	–	7		.696			31	–	23		.574
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍	10	–	10		.500			20	–	22		.476
Binghamton  ‍‍‡‍^y	11	–	12		.478			25	–	26		.490
Maine  ‍‍‍	10	–	11		.476			24	–	29		.453
UMBC  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			17	–	29		.370
Albany  ‍‍‍	7	–	17		.292			12	–	33		.267
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 6, 2014[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 21 through 23. 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, the home park of UMass Lowell. Binghamton won their third tournament championship, and second consecutive, to claim the America East Conference's automatic bid to the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Seeding and format

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams will play a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, is not eligible to participate as it transitions from Division II.^[7] With one weekend left in the regular season, Stony Brook, Hartford, Maine, and Binghamton clinched berths in the Tournament.^[8]

Team	W	L	Pct	GB	Seed
Stony Brook	18	5	.783	–	1
Hartford	16	7	.696	2	2
UMass Lowell	10	10	.500	6.5	–
Binghamton	11	12	.478	7	3
Maine	10	11	.476	7	4
UMBC	7	17	.292	11.5	–
Albany	7	17	.292	11.5	–

Bracket

A game between Hartford and eventual champion Binghamton

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Stony Brook	4
	4	Maine	1
						1	Stony Brook	10
						2	Hartford	6
	2	Hartford	6
	3	Binghamton	1
											1	Stony Brook
											3	Binghamton
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						2	Hartford	0
	4	Maine	3			3	Binghamton	8
	3	Binghamton	6

All-Tournament Team

Name	School
Scott Heath	Maine
Sean Newcomb	Hartford
David MacKinnon	Hartford
Joshua Mason	Stony Brook
Anthony Italiano	Stony Brook
Casey Baker	Stony Brook
Greg Ostner	Binghamton
Anthony Grillini	Binghamton
Eddie Posavec	Binghamton
Shaun McGraw	Binghamton

Most Outstanding Player

Shaun McGraw was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. McGraw was an infielder for Binghamton, who collected four hits in the championship game.^[6]

References

1. "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
2. "2013-14 Championship Schedule". America East Conference. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
3. "Bearcats baseball schedule released". Binghamton Bearcats. October 9, 2013. Archived from the original on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
4. John Hartrick (October 10, 2013). "Baseball team to open 2014 season at Duke". Binghamton University. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
5. "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
6. "Binghamton Wins 2nd-Straight #AEBASE Title". America East Conference. May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
7. "UMass Lowell Joins the America East". America East Conference. December 26, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
8. "Maine, Binghamton Clinch Final #AEBASE Playoff Spots". America East Conference. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.