2012 America East Conference baseball tournament
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Stony Brook (4th title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Senk (4th title) |
| MVP | James Campbell (Stony Brook) |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]
Seeding[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
James Campbell was named Most Outstanding Player. Campbell was a pitcher for Stony Brook.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "America East Conference Baseball Championship Central". America East Conference. Retrieved April 14, 2013.