2008 America East Conference baseball tournament
American college baseball tournament
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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]
- Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium
- Farmingdale, NY
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Stony Brook (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Senk (2nd title) |
| MVP | Steve Mazzurco (Stony Brook) |
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.
| 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
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 0 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 4 | |||||||||||
| 3 | UMBC | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 5 | 4 | Vermont | 0 | ||||||||
| 3 | UMBC | 1 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
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
Stony Brook outfielder Steve Mazzurco was named Most Outstanding Player.[5]