America East Conference baseball tournament

America East Conference baseball tournament
Conference baseball championship
SportCollege baseball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Number of teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Current stadiumBearcat Sports Complex
Current locationBinghamton, NY
Played1993–present
Last contest2024
Current championBryant
Most championshipsDelaware, Maine, Stony Brook (6)
Official websiteamericaeast.com/baseball
Host stadiums
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Host locations
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The America East Conference baseball tournament, officially known as the America East Conference baseball championship, is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I America East Conference. The top six finishers in the regular season of the conference's seven teams advance to the double-elimination tournament, which rotates among the home fields of each conference member. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.[1] The format has changed over the years between a six-team and four-team formats. Beginning in 2009, the conference allowed schools to host the championship on fields without lights.

History

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1993–1994

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See, for example, 1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament.

For the first two tournaments, the event was held over two weekends. On the first, the opening round consisted of best-of-three series, for which the league's eight members were paired. The winners of the four opening round series advanced to a double-elimination final round.

1995–1997

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See, for example, 1997 America East Conference baseball tournament.

For these three tournaments, the event was held in a single weekend. Its format was the six-team double-elimination format of NCAA Regionals at the time.

1998–2015

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See, for example, 2001 America East Conference baseball tournament.

For eighteen years, the format was a four-team double-elimination tournament. In some years, the event has been held at a campus location, while in others, it has been held at a neutral site.[2]

2016–present

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The current format, adopted for the 2016 tournament, is six-team double-elimination event.

Champions

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By year

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The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year.[3][1][4]

Year Program Site
1993 Maine Delaware Diamond • Newark, DE
1994 Northeastern Friedman Diamond • Brookline, MA
1995 Delaware Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE
1996 Delaware Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME
1997 Northeastern Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE
1998 Delaware Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE
1999 Delaware Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE
2000 Delaware Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE
2001 Delaware Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE
2002 Maine Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME
2003 Northeastern Centennial Field • Burlington, VT
2004 Stony Brook Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME
2005 Maine Centennial Field • Burlington, VT
2006 Maine Centennial Field • Burlington, VT
2007 Albany Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium • Farmingdale, NY
2008 Stony Brook Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium • Farmingdale, NY
2009 Binghamton Pete Sylvester Field • Endicott, NY
2010 Stony Brook Varsity Field • Vestal, NY
2011 Maine Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY
2012 Stony Brook Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY
2013 Binghamton Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA[5][3]
2014 Binghamton Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
2015 Stony Brook Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
2016 Binghamton Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
2017 UMBC Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA
2018 Hartford Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME
2019 Stony Brook Varsity Field • Binghamton, NY
2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2021 Tournament Not Completed[6] Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY
2022 Binghamton Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME
2023 Maine Bearcat Sports Complex • Binghamton, NY
2024 Bryant Bearcat Sports Complex • Binghamton, NY

Championships by school

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The following is a list of conference champions by school.[1][4]

School Championships Years
Delaware† 6 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001
Maine 6 1993, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2023
Stony Brook† 6 2004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019
Binghamton 5 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022
Northeastern† 3 1994, 1997, 2003
Albany 1 2007
Bryant 1 2024
Hartford† 1 2018
UMBC 1 2017
Drexel† 0
NJIT 0
UMass Lowell 0
  • †Former member of the America East

References

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  1. ^ a b c "2011 America East Baseball Championships". America East. America East Conference. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  2. ^ Warner, Pete (June 3, 2013). "America East Should Rethink Baseball Tournament Format". BangorDailyNews.com. Archived from the original on October 13, 2014. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). America East. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-05-27. Retrieved 17 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Lowell's LeLacheur Park to Host 2013 America East Baseball Championship". America East Conference. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
  6. ^ No championship game held in 2021. Per conference policy, NJIT received the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the lone unbeaten team in the championship after the remainder of the 2021 America East Conference Championship was unable to be completed due to inclement weather. A lack of lighting at the host stadium played a crucial part in the cancelation of the championship game. NJIT was scheduled to play Stony Brook in the championship game before it was canceled.
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