Samiksha Jaiswal (Editor)

2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Classification
  
Division

Format
  
Double-elimination

Teams
  
4

Winning coach
  
Matt Senk (2nd title)

Site
  
Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium Farmingdale, NY

Champions
  
Stony Brook (2nd title)

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.

Contents

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.

All-Tournament Team

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

Most Outstanding Player

Stony Brook outfielder Steve Mazzurco was named Most Outstanding Player.

References

2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament Wikipedia