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- ↑ "2015-16 Championship Schedule". America East Conference. Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ "Stony Brook Picked 1st in #AEBASE Preseason Coaches' Poll". America East Conference. February 9, 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ↑ "UMass Lowell Joins the America East". America East Conference. December 26, 2013. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ↑ Nick Fusaro (May 21, 2016). "UAlbany baseball finishes regular season with split against Stony Brook". WTEN.