2009 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2009 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 21-23 at Pete Sylvester Field in Endicott, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Binghamton defeated second-seeded Albany, 16-6, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Binghamton received the America East's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA Tournament, the program's first.[1][2][3][4]

2009 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsBinghamton (1st title)
Winning coachTim Sinicki (1st title)
MVPJim Calderone (Binghamton)

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.

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Binghamton137.650
–
1
Albany159.625
–
2
Stony Brook1410.583
1
3
Vermont1410.583
1
4
Maine1311.542
2
–
Hartford715.318
7
–
UMBC418.182
10
–

Results
  First round Semifinals Finals
                             
1 Binghamton 10  
4 Vermont 7  
  1 Binghamton 11  
  2 Albany 7  
2 Albany 8
3 Stony Brook 1  
  1 Binghamton 16 —
  2 Albany 6 —
4 Vermont 13  
3 Stony Brook 11  
  Albany 10
  Vermont 9  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

Player Team
Mike AuglieraBinghamton
Jim CalderoneBinghamton
Jeff DennisBinghamton
CJ LukaszewskiBinghamton
David KubiakAlbany
Dave WestAlbany
Ryan GugelAlbany
Dave SoltisVermont
Ethan PaquetteVermont
Chad MarshallStony Brook

Most Outstanding Player

Binghamton second baseman Jim Calderone was named Most Outstanding Player.

References
  1. "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
  2. "2009 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  3. "2009 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  4. Sorenson, Eric. "Taking a Look at the America East". CollegeBaseballToday.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
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