The 2013 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 22 through 26. 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.[2] This is the first year that the event was held at a predetermined neutral site since 2001. UMass Lowell, which would join the conference following the season and was a tenant of the park, served as the host of the tournament.[3] Second-seeded Binghamton defeated first-seeded Maine in the championship game, which was played at Rhode Island's Bill Beck Field due to scheduling issues.[4]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Binghamton (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Tim Sinicki (2nd title) |
| MVP | Jake Lambert (Binghamton) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine † | 20 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .690 | 37 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .627 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton ‡y | 16 | – | 13 | – | 0 | .552 | 30 | – | 24 | – | 0 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 16 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .533 | 23 | – | 25 | – | 1 | .480 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 15 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .500 | 25 | – | 34 | – | 0 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 13 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .433 | 17 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .321 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 9 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .300 | 18 | – | 30 | – | 0 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 19, 2013[1] Rankings from Collegiate Baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding and format
editThe top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | 20 | 9 | .690 | – | 1 |
| Binghamton | 16 | 13 | .552 | 4 | 2 |
| Albany | 16 | 14 | .533 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Stony Brook | 15 | 15 | .500 | 5.5 | 4 |
| Hartford | 13 | 17 | .433 | 7.5 | – |
| UMBC | 9 | 21 | .300 | 11.5 | – |
Bracket
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 7 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 10 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 9 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Maine | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Stony Brook | 3 | 1 | Maine | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 1 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
edit| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Austin Chase | Albany |
| Brandon McNitt | Stony Brook |
| Johnny Caputo | Stony Brook |
| Tommy Lawrence | Maine |
| Mike Connolly | Maine |
| Eric White | Maine |
| Daniel Nevares | Binghamton |
| David Schanz | Binghamton |
| Shaun McGraw | Binghamton |
| Jake Lambert | Binghamton |
Most Outstanding Player
editJake Lambert, Binghamton
References
edit- ^ "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved May 19, 2013.
- ^ "2013 America East Conference Baseball Championship Central". America East Conference. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ "Lowell's LeLacheur Park to Host 2013 America East Baseball Championship". America East Conference. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
- ^ Warner, Pete (June 3, 2013). "America East Should Rethink Baseball Tournament Format". BangorDailyNews.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.