2024 Coastal Athletic Association baseball tournament

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2024 Coastal Athletic Association
baseball tournament
2024 CAA Baseball Championship Logo.png
Teams6
FormatModified Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
Champions UNC Wilmington  (8th title)
Winning coach Randy Hood  (2nd title)
MVP Trevor Marsh (UNC Wilmington)
Television FloSports
2024 Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Charleston  215 .8084114 .745
UNC Wilmington  y207 .7413919 .672
Northeastern  189 .6673817 .691
Delaware  1611 .5933126 .544
William & Mary  1314 .4813226 .552
Hofstra  1314 .4812433 .421
Campbell  1215 .4443122 .585
Stony Brook  1215 .4442428 .462
Monmouth  1116 .4071830 .375
Elon  1017 .3702132 .396
North Carolina A&T  917 .3462528 .472
Towson  520 .2001539 .278
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 26, 2024 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2024 Coastal Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina, from May 22 through 26. [2] The UNC Wilmington Seahawks won back-to-back titles and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This set a league-record eighth CAA baseball title for the Seahawks, their sixth since 2012. [3] [4]

Contents

Seeding and format

Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season will compete in the modified double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
6Hofstra7
5 William & Mary 41 College of Charleston 8
4 Delaware 72UNC Wilmington8
1College of Charleston5
4Delaware6
6 Hofstra 122 UNC Wilmington 10
3 Northeastern 9
2UNC Wilmington6
1College of Charleston4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Delaware1
5William & Mary81College of Charleston11
6Hofstra64Delaware18
5William & Mary95William & Mary16
3Northeastern6

Schedule

GameTime*Matchup#ScoreNotesReference
Wednesday, May 22
112:00pmNo. 4 Delaware vs No. 5 William & Mary 7−4 [5]
24:00pmNo. 3 Northeastern vs No. 6 Hofstra 9−12 [6]
Thursday, May 23
311:00amNo. 5 William & Mary vs No. 3 Northeastern9−6Northeastern eliminated [7]
43:00pmNo. 1 College of Charleston vs No. 6 Hofstra7−8 [8]
57:00pmNo. 2 UNC Wilmington vs No. 4 Delaware10−6 [9]
Friday, May 24 [10]
611:00amNo. 5 William & Mary vs No. 6 Hofstra16−6Hofstra eliminated [11]
78:00pmNo. 4 Delaware vs No. 5 William & Mary18−8William & Mary eliminated [12]
Saturday, May 25 [13]
811:00amNo. 2 UNC Wilmington vs No. 1 College of Charleston8−5 [14]
93:00pmNo. 4 Delaware vs No. 1 College of Charleston1−11Game was suspended in the bottom of the 7th inning due to inclement weather and was resumed on Sunday at 11am.
Delaware eliminated
[15]
Sunday, May 26
1012:30pmNo. 2 UNC Wilmington vs No. 1 College of Charleston6−4UNC Wilmington wins championship [16]
11Rematch (not necessary)
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All–Tournament Team

Source: [3]

PlayerTeam
Trevor Marsh (MVP)UNC Wilmington
Trace BakerUNC Wilmington
Jac CroomUNC Wilmington
Aiden EvansUNC Wilmington
Tanner ThachUNC Wilmington
Trotter HarlanCollege of Charleston
Aidan HunterCollege of Charleston
Cole MathisCollege of Charleston
Avery NeavesCollege of Charleston
Steve HarringtonHofstra
Aidan KaneDelaware

References

  1. "Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. "Six Teams Set To Battle For 2024 CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "UNCW Rallies Past Charleston, 6-4, To Capture League-Record Eighth CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association. May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  4. "2024 CAA Baseball Championship". Coastal Athletic Association. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. "W&M-Delaware Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  6. "Hofstra-Northeastern Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  7. "#3 Huskies Eliminated By #5 Tribe". nuhuskies.com. Northeastern University Huskies. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  8. "Charleston-Hofstra Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  9. "UNCW Thunders Past Delaware, 10-6". uncwsports.com. UNC Wilmington Sports. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  10. "Weather Causes Changes To CAA Baseball Championship Schedule". caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Conference. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  11. "Hofstra-William & Mary Boxscore". gohofstra.com. Hofstra Pride. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  12. "Delaware-William & Mary Boxscore". tribeathletics.com. William & Mary Tribe. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  13. "Inclement Weather Causes Changes To CAA Baseball Championship Schedule". caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Conference. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  14. "UNCW-Col of Charleston Boxscore". cofcsports.com. College of Charleston Cougars. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  15. "Delaware-Col of Charleston Boxscore". bluehens.com. Delaware Blue Hens. May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  16. "UNCW-Col of Charleston Boxscore". uncwsports.com. UNC Wilmington Seahawks. May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.