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2012 America East Conference baseball tournament

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2012 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams4
FormatDouble-elimination
Finals site
ChampionsStony Brook (4th title)
Winning coachMatt Senk (4th title)
MVPJames Campbell (Stony Brook)
2012 America East Conference baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
No. 8 Stony Brook  ‍y 21 3 0   .875 52 15 0   .776
Albany  ‍‍‍ 16 8 0   .667 22 32 1   .409
Binghamton  ‍‍‍ 13 9 0   .591 23 26 0   .469
Maine  ‍‍‍ 11 11 0   .500 28 28 0   .500
Hartford  ‍‍‍ 7 17 0   .292 16 40 0   .286
UMBC  ‍‍‍ 2 22 0   .083 10 42 0   .192
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament
As of June 17, 2012[1]
Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The 2012 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 23 through 25. The top four regular season finishers of the league's six teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Stony Brook University's Joe Nathan Field.[2] Stony Brook won their fourth America East Championship, defeating Maine 13–6 in the championship game, and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.[3][4]

Seeding

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The top four finishers from the regular season will be seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played a double-elimination format. The top seed played the fourth seed while the second and third seeds faced off in the first round.

Team W L Pct. GB Seed
Stony Brook 21 3 .875 1
Albany 16 8 .667 5 2
Binghamton 13 9 .591 8 3
Maine 11 11 .500 10 4
Hartford 7 17 .292 14
UMBC 2 22 .084 19

Results

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Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Stony Brook14
4Maine6
1Stony Brook7
3Binghamton4
2Albany1
3Binghamton2
1Stony Brook
4Maine
Lower round 1Lower final
3Binghamton1
4Maine84Maine5
2Albany3

All-Tournament Team

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The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[4]

Player Team
Travis Jankowski Stony Brook
Pat Cantwell Stony Brook
Maxx Tissenbaum Stony Brook
James Campbell Stony Brook
Fran Whitten Maine
Ian Leisenheimer Maine
Mike Connolly Maine
Mike Augliera Binghamton
Jay Lynch Binghamton
Nolan Gaige Albany

Most Outstanding Player

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James Campbell was named Most Outstanding Player. Campbell was a pitcher for Stony Brook.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Baseball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  2. ^ "2011-12 Championship Schedule". americaeast.com. Archived from the original on May 5, 2012. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  3. ^ "Stony Brook Celebrates Fourth Baseball Championship". americaeast.com. Retrieved June 11, 2012.
  4. ^ a b c "America East Conference Baseball Championship Central". America East Conference. Retrieved April 14, 2013.