The 2007 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 24 through 26 at Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium in Farmingdale, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, third-seeded Albany defeated first-seeded Binghamton, 1-0, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Albany received the America East's automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament, the program's first.[1][2][3]
| Teams | 4 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Albany (1st title) |
| Winning coach | Jon Mueller (1st title) |
| MVP | Cory Warring (Albany) |
Seeding
editThe 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.[4]
| Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Binghamton | 17 | 5 | .773 | – |
1
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| Stony Brook | 16 | 7 | .696 | 1.5 |
2
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| Albany | 13 | 11 | .542 | 5 |
3
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| Maine | 12 | 11 | .522 | 5.5 |
4
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| Vermont | 10 | 13 | .435 | 7.5 |
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| Hartford | 9 | 14 | .391 | 8.5 |
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| UMBC | 4 | 20 | .167 | 14 |
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Results
edit| Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 9 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 8 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 5 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | ||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Binghamton | 13 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Maine | 13 | 4 | Maine | 4 | ||||||||
| 2 | Stony Brook | 8 | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
editThe following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Sean Donovan | Albany |
| John Naples | Albany |
| Cory Warring | Albany |
| Steve Wyland | Albany |
| Ryan James | Binghamton |
| Henry Dunn | Binghamton |
| Matt Simek | Binghamton |
| Billy Cather | Maine |
| Curt Smith | Maine |
| Rob Leonard | Stony Brook |
Most Outstanding Player
editAlbany pitcher Cory Warring was named Most Outstanding Player.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "2013 America East Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). AmericaEast.com. America East Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 24, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ "2007 Conference Tournaments". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ a b "Albany Captures Its First-Ever America East Baseball Championship". AmericaEast.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
- ^ "2007 America East Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013.