2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

The 2017 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 24 to 27, 2017. All six eligible participants out of the league's seven teams met in the double-elimination tournament held at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in Lowell, Massachusetts, the home park of UMass Lowell and the minor league Lowell Spinners.[2][3] UMBC won the tournament and received the conference's automatic bid into the 2017 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[4]

2017 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament

Teams	6
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Edward A. LeLacheur Park Lowell, MA
MVP	,

2017 America East Conference baseball standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Binghamton  ‍†‍‍	15	–	4		.789			30	–	13		.698
UMBC  ‍‍‡‍^y	11	–	9		.550			23	–	25		.479
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍	12	–	10		.545			26	–	26		.500
Albany  ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			26	–	26		.500
UMass Lowell * ‍‍‍	10	–	13		.435			22	–	26		.458
Maine  ‍‍‍	8	–	12		.400			25	–	29		.463
Hartford  ‍‍‍	8	–	13		.381			20	–	30		.400
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament Ineligible for league and NCAA tournaments due to transition from Division II As of June 30, 2017[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Seeding and format

All six eligible participants from the regular season were seeded one through six based on conference winning percentage only. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeds received a first-round bye. The teams then played a double-elimination tournament. UMass Lowell, despite hosting the event, was not eligible to participate as it was transitioning from Division II. The River Hawks are expected to complete this transition and be eligible for championships in the 2017–18 academic year.[5]

Bracket

	First round Wednesday, May 24					Second Round Thursday, May 25					Third Round Friday, May 26					Semifinals Friday, May 26					Championship Saturday, May 27
Winner's Bracket
	4	Albany	3			1	Binghamton	3
	5	Maine	0			4	Albany	7
											4	Albany	0
											2	UMBC	9
	3	Stony Brook	4			2	UMBC	3
	6	Hartford	3			3	Stony Brook	2
																					2	UMBC	2	-
Loser's Bracket																					5	Maine	1	-
	5	Maine	2
	6	Hartford	1
						5	Maine	3
						3	Stony Brook	0
											5	Maine	8
											1	Binghamton	3
																4	Albany	5
																5	Maine	12

References

1. "America East Conference". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
2. "2016-17 Championship Schedule". America East Conference. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
3. "LeLacheur Park to host America East tournament for next four years". NCAA. February 1, 2014. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
4. "2017 Division I baseball conference tournaments, automatic qualifiers". NCAA. May 28, 2017. Retrieved September 2, 2017.
5. "UMass Lowell Joins the America East". America East Conference. December 26, 2013. Retrieved December 29, 2016.