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2018 America East Conference baseball tournament

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2018 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsHartford Hawks (1st title)
Winning coachJustin Blood (1st title)
MVPDrew DeMartino (Hartford)
TelevisionESPN+
2018 America East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Hartford  ‍y 16 8 0   .667 26 31 0   .456
UMass Lowell  ‍‍‍ 13 11 0   .542 25 29 0   .463
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 12 11 0   .522 22 29 0   .431
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 32 25 0   .561
Maine  ‍‍‍ 12 12 0   .500 20 34 0   .370
Albany  ‍‍‍ 9 14 0   .391 20 28 0   .417
Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 9 15 0   .375 18 30 1   .378
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball


The 2018 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 to 26, 2018. The top six teams out of the league's seven members met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine, the home park of Maine.[2] As tournament champion, Hartford received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format

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The top six teams from the regular season are seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive a first-round bye. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

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First round
Wednesday, May 23
Second round
Thursday, May 24
Third round
Friday, May 25
Championship
Saturday, May 26
1Hartford2
6Albany84Stony Brook0
3UMBC51Hartford4
2UMass Lowell3
2UMass Lowell4
4Stony Brook26Albany0
5Maine1
1Hartford9
4Stony Brook4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2UMass Lowell5
4Stony Brook114Stony Brook6
5Maine65Maine4
5Maine96Albany1
3UMBC4

References

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  1. ^ "Conference Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. ^ "MBB Playoff Changes, 2018 Baseball Championship Site Determined at Annual Meeting". America East Conference. Retrieved April 29, 2018.