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]

2014 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBinghamton (3rd title)
Winning coachTim Sinicki (3rd title)
MVPShaun McGraw, Binghamton
2014 America East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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]

TeamWLPctGBSeed
Stony Brook185.783
–
1
Hartford167.696
2
2
UMass Lowell1010.500
6.5
–
Binghamton1112.478
7
3
Maine1011.476
7
4
UMBC717.292
11.5
–
Albany717.292
11.5
–

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
NameSchool
Scott HeathMaine
Sean NewcombHartford
David MacKinnonHartford
Joshua MasonStony Brook
Anthony ItalianoStony Brook
Casey BakerStony Brook
Greg OstnerBinghamton
Anthony GrilliniBinghamton
Eddie PosavecBinghamton
Shaun McGrawBinghamton

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]

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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 2014-01-16. 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.
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