2015 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

2015 America East Conference baseball standings
	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Stony Brook †‡^y	18	–	4	–	1	.804	35	–	16	–	1	.683
UMBC	14	–	10	–	0	.583	34	–	20	–	0	.630
Maine	10	–	10	–	0	.500	24	–	28	–	0	.462
UMass Lowell *	10	–	10	–	0	.500	17	–	26	–	0	.395
Hartford	10	–	12	–	0	.455	23	–	31	–	0	.426
Albany	7	–	13	–	0	.350	14	–	28	–	0	.333
Binghamton	6	–	16	–	1	.283	17	–	24	–	2	.419

† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II As of June 30, 2015^[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2015 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 21–23. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six eligible teams met in the double-elimination tournament to be held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home park of UMass Lowell.^[2]^[3] Stony Brook claimed their fifth tournament championship and the Conference's automatic bid to the 2015 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[4]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. The teams played a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, was not eligible to participate as it transitions from Division II. The River Hawks are expected to complete this transition and be eligible for championships in the 2017–18 academic year.^[5]

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB	Seed
Stony Brook	18	4	1	.804	–	1
UMBC	14	10	0	.583	4.5	2
Maine	10	10	0	.500	7	3
UMass Lowell	10	10	0	.500	7	–
Hartford	10	12	0	.455	8.5	4
Albany	7	13	0	.350	10.5	–
Binghamton	6	16	1	.283	12	–

Bracket

First round			Semifinals			Finals

1	Stony Brook	2
4	Hartford	0
			1	Stony Brook	4

			2	UMBC	3
2	UMBC	9

3	Maine	5
						1	Stony Brook	16	–

						2	UMBC	11	–
4	Hartford	11

3	Maine	2
			4	Hartford	2

			2	UMBC	10

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Name	School
Luke Morrill	Maine
Sam McKay	Hartford
Trey Stover	Hartford
Conrad Wozniak	UMBC
Jake Barnes	UMBC
Connor Hax	UMBC
Bobby Honeyman	Stony Brook
Daniel Zamora	Stony Brook
Robert Chavarria	Stony Brook
Cameron Stone	Stony Brook

Most Outstanding Player

Cameron Stone was named Tournament Most Outstanding Player. Stone, a sophomore pitcher for Stony Brook, recorded two saves in 4.1 perfect innings of work out of the Seawolves bullpen. He closed out all three wins for Stony Brook.^[4]

References

↑ "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
↑ "2014-15 Championship Schedule". America East Conference. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
↑ "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
1 2 3 "Stony Brook Claims 5th America East Baseball Title". America East Conference. May 23, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
↑ "UMass Lowell Joins the America East". America East Conference. December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 26, 2014.

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