2010 America East Conference baseball tournament

The 2010 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 26 through 28 at Varsity Field in Vestal, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, third-seeded Stony Brook defeated fourth-seeded Albany, 4-2, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA tournament.[1][2][3][4]

2010 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStony Brook (3rd title)
Winning coachMatt Senk (3rd title)
MVPPat Cantwell (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 21 3 .875
1
Maine 17 7 .708
4
2
Stony Brook 15 9 .625
6
3
Albany 10 14 .417
11
4
Hartford 5 19 .208
16
UMBC 4 20 .167
17

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Binghamton6
4Albany9
4Albany4
3Stony Brook8
2Maine1
3Stony Brook10
3Stony Brook
4Albany
Lower round 1Lower final
4Albany7
1Binghamton61Binghamton4
2Maine0

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Player Team
Pat Cantwell Stony Brook
William Carmona Stony Brook
Maxx Tissenbaum Stony Brook
Nick Tropeano Stony Brook
Adam Brown Stony Brook
Kyle Crean Albany
Brendan Rowland Albany
Mike Augliera Binghamton
Joe Charron Binghamton
Joe Mercurio Maine

Most Outstanding Player

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Stony Brook catcher Pat Cantwell was named Most Outstanding Player.

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. ^ "2010 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  3. ^ "2010 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on June 4, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  4. ^ Henry, Marcus (May 28, 2010). "Stony Brook Wins America East Baseball Title, Earns NCAA Berth". Newsday.com. Archived from the original on March 9, 2016. Retrieved May 21, 2013.