2008 America East Conference baseball tournament

2008 America East Conference
baseball tournament

Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium Farmingdale, NY
Champions	Stony Brook (2nd title)
Winning coach	Matt Senk (2nd title)
MVP	Steve Mazzurco (Stony Brook)

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]

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]

References

1. "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
2. "2008 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on July 21, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
3. "2008 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
4. Metcalfe, Jeff (May 26, 2008). "Sun Devils Seeded 3rd Nationally". AZCentral.com. The Arizona Republic. Archived from the original on May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
5. "#14 Steven Mazzurco". GoSeawolves.com. Stony Brook Sports Information. Archived from the original on May 1, 2013. Retrieved May 22, 2013.