2022 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2022 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
2022 America East Conference baseball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Division A
Maine  x219 .7002722 .551
UMass Lowell  1515 .5002830 .483
Hartford  1119 .3671337 .260
Albany  1119 .3672225 .468
Division B
Stony Brook*  x219 .7002725 .519
Binghamton  y1515 .5002228 .440
NJIT  1515 .5002627 .491
UMBC  1119 .3672332 .418
*Ineligible for the 2022 Tournament due to postseason ban imposed for announcing move to the Colonial for 2022-2023.
x Division champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of September 21, 2022 [1] ; Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2022 America East Conference Baseball Tournament will be held from May 25 to 28, 2022. [2] The top six teams out of the league's seven members will meet in the double-elimination tournament held at Mahaney Diamond in Orono, Maine, the home park of Maine. The tournament champion will receive the conference's automatic bid into the 2022 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.

Contents

Seeding and format

The top six teams from the regular season are seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The two division winners receive a first-round bye. The teams then play a double-elimination tournament. Stony Brook is ineligible, as they will depart the America East Conference after the 2022 season.

Bracket

First round
Wednesday, May 25
Second Round
Thursday, May 26
Third Round
Friday, May 27
Championship
Saturday, May 28
1 Maine 7
4 UMass Lowell 74UMass Lowell9
5 UMBC 64UMass Lowell5
2Binghamton8
2 Binghamton 20
3 NJIT 33NJIT5
6 Hartford 2
2Binghamton7
4UMass Lowell1
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4UMass Lowell13
1Maine73NJIT8
5UMBC13NJIT9
5UMBC43NJIT2
6Hartford3

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References

  1. "America East Conference baseball standings". AmericaEast.com. Retrieved September 21, 2022.
  2. "2021-22 Championship Schedule" (PDF). America East Conference. Retrieved May 8, 2022.