2009 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2009 America East Conference Baseball Tournament | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Classification | Division I | ||
| Season | 2009 | ||
| Teams | 4 | ||
| Format | Double-elimination | ||
| Site | Pete Sylvester Field Endicott, NY | ||
| Champions | Binghamton (1st title) | ||
| Winning coach | Tim Sinicki (1st title) | ||
| MVP | Jim Calderone (Binghamton) | ||
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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]
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 | 13 | 7 | .650 | ||
| Albany | 15 | 9 | .625 | ||
| Stony Brook | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||
| Vermont | 14 | 10 | .583 | ||
| Maine | 13 | 11 | .542 | ||
| Hartford | 7 | 15 | .318 | ||
| UMBC | 4 | 18 | .182 |
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 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Albany | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | Vermont | 9 | ||||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Mike Augliera | Binghamton |
| Jim Calderone | Binghamton |
| Jeff Dennis | Binghamton |
| CJ Lukaszewski | Binghamton |
| David Kubiak | Albany |
| Dave West | Albany |
| Ryan Gugel | Albany |
| Dave Soltis | Vermont |
| Ethan Paquette | Vermont |
| Chad Marshall | Stony Brook |
Most Outstanding Player
Binghamton second baseman Jim Calderone was named Most Outstanding Player.
References
- 1 2 "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 20, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ↑ "2009 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "2009 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ Sorenson, Eric. "Taking a Look at the America East". CollegeBaseballToday.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.