1998 America East Conference baseball tournament
American college baseball tournament
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The 1998 America East Conference baseball tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated second-seeded Northeastern, 10-4, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament.[1][2]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Delaware (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Bob Hannah (3rd title) |
| MVP | Chris Frey (Delaware) |
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.[2]
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 8 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Hofstra | 0 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 2 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 10 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Vermont | 8 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Delaware | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Northeastern | 12 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Hofstra | 6 | 3 | Vermont | 7 | ||||||||
| 3 | Vermont | 7[a] | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Matt Phillips | Delaware |
| Chris Frey | Delaware |
| Matt Ardizzone | Delaware |
| Frank DiMaggio | Delaware |
| Brad Eyman | Delaware |
| Dan Trivits | Delaware |
| Carlos Peña | Northeastern |
| Kevin Kim | Northeastern |
| Hernan Guerrero | Northeastern |
| Wade Rikert | Vermont |
| Pat Friel | Hofstra |
Most Outstanding Player
Delaware pitcher Chris Frey was named Most Outstanding Player.
Notes
- 10 innings.