2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2008 | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination | ||
| Site | Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium Farmingdale, NY | ||
| Champions | Stony Brook (2nd title) | ||
| Winning coach | Matt Senk (2nd title) | ||
| MVP | Steve Mazzurco (Stony Brook) | ||
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The 2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22-24 at Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium in Farmingdale, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, second-seeded Stony Brook defeated first-seeded Binghamton, 6-0, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3][4]
Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamton | 15 | 8 | .652 | ||
| Stony Brook | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||
| UMBC | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||
| Vermont | 12 | 11 | .522 | ||
| Hartford | 10 | 13 | .435 | ||
| Albany | 10 | 14 | .417 | ||
| Maine | 8 | 15 | .348 |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UMBC | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 6 | — | |||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 0 | — | |||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | UMBC | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 0 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Gary Novakowski | Stony Brook |
| Justin Echeverria | Stony Brook |
| Steve Mazzurco | Stony Brook |
| Mike Errigo | Stony Brook |
| Zach Groh | Binghamton |
| Murphy Smith | Binghamton |
| Ryan Holley | Binghamton |
| Eric Thompson | Vermont |
| Matt Duffy | Vermont |
| Rich Conlon | UMBC |
Most Outstanding Player
Stony Brook outfielder Steve Mazzurco was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]
References
- 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ "2008 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ↑ "2008 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ↑ Metcalfe, Jeff (May 26, 2008). "Sun Devils Seeded 3rd Nationally". AZCentral.com. The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ↑ "#14 Steven Mazzurco". GoSeawolves.com. Stony Brook Sports Information. Archived from the original on May 22, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.