2009 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2009 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Binghamton  (1st title)
Winning coach Tim Sinicki  (1st title)
MVPJim Calderone (Binghamton)

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]

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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
Binghamton 137.650
1
Albany 159.625
2
Stony Brook 1410.583
1
3
Vermont 1410.583
1
4
Maine 1311.542
2
Hartford 715.318
7
UMBC 418.182
10

Results

 First roundSemifinalsFinals
               
1 Binghamton 10 
4 Vermont 7 
 1Binghamton11 
 2Albany7 
2 Albany 8
3 Stony Brook 1 
 1Binghamton16
 2Albany6
4Vermont13 
3Stony Brook11 
 2Albany10
 4Vermont9 

All-Tournament Team

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

PlayerTeam
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.

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