2012 America East Conference baseball tournament

2012 America East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Joe Nathan Field Stony Brook, NY
Champions	Stony Brook (4th title)
Winning coach	Matt Senk (4th title)
MVP	James Campbell (Stony Brook)

2012 America East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
No. 8 Stony Brook  ‍†‍‡‍^y	21	–	3	–	0		.875			52	–	15	–	0		.776
Albany  ‍‍‍	16	–	8	–	0		.667			22	–	32	–	1		.409
Binghamton  ‍‍‍	13	–	9	–	0		.591			23	–	26	–	0		.469
Maine  ‍‍‍	11	–	11	–	0		.500			28	–	28	–	0		.500
Hartford  ‍‍‍	7	–	17	–	0		.292			16	–	40	–	0		.286
UMBC  ‍‍‍	2	–	22	–	0		.083			10	–	42	–	0		.192
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 17, 2012[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 25. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Stony Brook University's Joe Nathan Field.^[2] Stony Brook won their fourth America East Championship, defeating Maine 13–6 in the championship game, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.^[3][4]

Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played a double-elimination format. The top seed played the fourth seed while the second and third seeds faced off in the first round.

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Stony Brook	21	3	.875	–	1
Albany	16	8	.667	5	2
Binghamton	13	9	.591	8	3
Maine	11	11	.500	10	4
Hartford	7	17	.292	14	–
UMBC	2	22	.084	19	–

Results

	Upper round 1					Upper final					Final
	1	Stony Brook	14
	4	Maine	6
						1	Stony Brook	7
						3	Binghamton	4
	2	Albany	1
	3	Binghamton	2
											1	Stony Brook
											4	Maine
	Lower round 1					Lower final
						3	Binghamton	1
	4	Maine	8			4	Maine	5
	2	Albany	3

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Player	Team
Travis Jankowski	Stony Brook
Pat Cantwell	Stony Brook
Maxx Tissenbaum	Stony Brook
James Campbell	Stony Brook
Fran Whitten	Maine
Ian Leisenheimer	Maine
Mike Connolly	Maine
Mike Augliera	Binghamton
Jay Lynch	Binghamton
Nolan Gaige	Albany

Most Outstanding Player

James Campbell was named Most Outstanding Player. Campbell was a pitcher for Stony Brook.^[4]

References

1. "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
2. "2011-12 Championship Schedule". americaeast.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
3. "Stony Brook Celebrates Fourth Baseball Championship". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
4. "America East Conference Baseball Championship Central". America East Conference. Retrieved April 14, 2013.