Collegiate baseball tournament
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]
Seeding
The 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]
Results
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
The 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
Albany pitcher Cory Warring was named Most Outstanding Player.[ 3]
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