2018 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsHartford Hawks (1st title)
Winning coachJustin Blood (1st title)
MVPDrew DeMartino (Hartford)
TelevisionESPN+
2018 America East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L T PCTW L T PCT
Hartford  y 1680 .66726310 .456
UMass Lowell   13110 .54225290 .463
UMBC   12110 .52222290 .431
Stony Brook   12120 .50032250 .561
Maine   12120 .50020340 .370
Albany   9140 .39120280 .417
Binghamton   9150 .37518301 .378
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2018[1]
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2018 America East Conference baseball tournament was held from May 23 to 26, 2018. The top six teams out of the league's seven members met in the double-elimination tournament held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine, the home park of Maine.[2] As tournament champion, Hartford received the conference's automatic bid into the 2018 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Seeding and format

The top six teams from the regular season are seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds receive a first-round bye. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, May 23
Second round
Thursday, May 24
Third round
Friday, May 25
Championship
Saturday, May 26
1Hartford2
6Albany84Stony Brook0
3UMBC51Hartford4
2UMass Lowell3
2UMass Lowell4
4Stony Brook26Albany0
5Maine1
1Hartford9
4Stony Brook4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
2UMass Lowell5
4Stony Brook114Stony Brook6
5Maine65Maine4
5Maine96Albany1
3UMBC4

References

  1. "Conference Standings". D1Baseball. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  2. "MBB Playoff Changes, 2018 Baseball Championship Site Determined at Annual Meeting". America East Conference. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
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