2014 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2014 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–23. 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]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Binghamton (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Tim Sinicki (3rd title) |
| MVP | Shaun McGraw, Binghamton |
| 2014 America East Conference baseball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||
| Hartford | 16 | 7 | .696 | ||
| UMass Lowell | 10 | 10 | .500 | ||
| Binghamton | 11 | 12 | .478 | ||
| Maine | 10 | 11 | .476 | ||
| UMBC | 7 | 17 | .292 | ||
| Albany | 7 | 17 | .292 |
Bracket
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hartford | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hartford | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Hartford | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 8 | ||||||||||||
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
- "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
- "2013-14 Championship Schedule". America East Conference. Archived from the original on January 18, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- "Bearcats baseball schedule released". Binghamton Bearcats. October 9, 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-01-16. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- John Hartrick (October 10, 2013). "Baseball team to open 2014 season at Duke". Binghamton University. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- "Binghamton Wins 2nd-Straight #AEBASE Title". America East Conference. May 24, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2014.
- "UMass Lowell Joins the America East". America East Conference. December 26, 2013. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
- "Maine, Binghamton Clinch Final #AEBASE Playoff Spots". America East Conference. May 11, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2014.