2012 America East Conference baseball tournament
The 2012 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 25. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Stony Brook University's Joe Nathan Field.[2] Stony Brook won their fourth America East Championship, defeating Maine 13–6 in the championship game, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3][4]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Stony Brook (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Senk (4th title) |
| MVP | James Campbell (Stony Brook) |
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Stony Brook †‡y | 21 | – | 3 | – | 0 | .875 | 52 | – | 15 | – | 0 | .776 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 16 | – | 8 | – | 0 | .667 | 22 | – | 32 | – | 1 | .409 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 13 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .591 | 23 | – | 26 | – | 0 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 11 | – | 11 | – | 0 | .500 | 28 | – | 28 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 7 | – | 17 | – | 0 | .292 | 16 | – | 40 | – | 0 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 2 | – | 22 | – | 0 | .083 | 10 | – | 42 | – | 0 | .192 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament As of June 17, 2012[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seeding
The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played a double-elimination format. The top seed played the fourth seed while the second and third seeds faced off in the first round.
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Brook | 21 | 3 | .875 | – | 1 |
| Albany | 16 | 8 | .667 | 5 | 2 |
| Binghamton | 13 | 9 | .591 | 8 | 3 |
| Maine | 11 | 11 | .500 | 10 | 4 |
| Hartford | 7 | 17 | .292 | 14 | – |
| UMBC | 2 | 22 | .084 | 19 | – |
Results
| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 14 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 6 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Albany | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 2 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Stony Brook | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Binghamton | 1 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 8 | 4 | Maine | 5 | ||||||||
| 2 | Albany | 3 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Travis Jankowski | Stony Brook |
| Pat Cantwell | Stony Brook |
| Maxx Tissenbaum | Stony Brook |
| James Campbell | Stony Brook |
| Fran Whitten | Maine |
| Ian Leisenheimer | Maine |
| Mike Connolly | Maine |
| Mike Augliera | Binghamton |
| Jay Lynch | Binghamton |
| Nolan Gaige | Albany |
Most Outstanding Player
James Campbell was named Most Outstanding Player. Campbell was a pitcher for Stony Brook.[4]
References
- "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- "2011-12 Championship Schedule". americaeast.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
- "Stony Brook Celebrates Fourth Baseball Championship". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
- "America East Conference Baseball Championship Central". America East Conference. Retrieved April 14, 2013.