2010 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
The 2010 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 26-28 at Varsity Field in Vestal, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, third-seeded Stony Brook defeated fourth-seeded Albany, 4-2, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2010 NCAA Tournament.[1][2][3][4]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site | |
| Champions | Stony Brook (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Senk (3rd title) |
| MVP | Pat Cantwell (Stony Brook) |
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 | 21 | 3 | .875 | – | 1 |
| Maine | 17 | 7 | .708 | 4 | 2 |
| Stony Brook | 15 | 9 | .625 | 6 | 3 |
| Albany | 10 | 14 | .417 | 11 | 4 |
| Hartford | 5 | 19 | .208 | 16 | – |
| UMBC | 4 | 20 | .167 | 17 | – |
Results
| First round | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Stony Brook | 4 | — | |||||||||||
| 4 | Albany | 2 | — | |||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Maine | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Albany | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 4 | |||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Pat Cantwell | Stony Brook |
| William Carmona | Stony Brook |
| Maxx Tissenbaum | Stony Brook |
| Nick Tropeano | Stony Brook |
| Adam Brown | Stony Brook |
| Kyle Crean | Albany |
| Brendan Rowland | Albany |
| Mike Augliera | Binghamton |
| Joe Charron | Binghamton |
| Joe Mercurio | Maine |
Most Outstanding Player
Stony Brook catcher Pat Cantwell was named Most Outstanding Player.
References
- "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.
- "2010 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- "2010 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- Henry, Marcus (May 28, 2010). "Stony Brook Wins America East Baseball Title, Earns NCAA Berth". Newsday.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.