2008 America East Conference baseball tournament

The 2008 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 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]

2008 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStony Brook (2nd title)
Winning coachMatt Senk (2nd title)
MVPSteve Mazzurco (Stony Brook)

Seeding

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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
1
Stony Brook 14 10 .583
1.5
2
UMBC 13 11 .542
2.5
3
Vermont 12 11 .522
3
4
Hartford 10 13 .435
5
Albany 10 14 .417
5.5
Maine 8 15 .348
7

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Binghamton4
4Vermont1
1Binghamton0
2Stony Brook1
2Stony Brook4
3UMBC3
2Stony Brook
1Binghamton
Lower round 1Lower final
1Binghamton4
4Vermont54Vermont0
3UMBC1

All-Tournament Team

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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

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Stony Brook outfielder Steve Mazzurco was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "2008 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  3. ^ "2008 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Metcalfe, Jeff (May 26, 2008). "Sun Devils Seeded 3rd Nationally". AZCentral.com. The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "#14 Steven Mazzurco". GoSeawolves.com. Stony Brook Sports Information. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.