1998 America East Conference baseball tournament
Teams | 4 |
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Format | Double-elimination |
Finals site | |
Champions | Delaware (3rd title) |
Winning coach | Bob Hannah (3rd title) |
MVP | Chris Frey (Delaware) |
The 1998 America East Conference baseball tournament was held at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated second-seeded Northeastern, 10-4, to win its third tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA tournament.[1][2]
Seeding
[edit]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.[2]
Team | W | L | Pct. | GB | Seed |
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Delaware | 22 | 2 | .917 | - |
1
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Northeastern | 17 | 9 | .654 | 6 |
2
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Vermont | 15 | 12 | .556 | 8.5 |
3
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Hofstra | 14 | 14 | .500 | 10 |
4
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Maine | 12 | 16 | .429 | 12 |
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Drexel | 9 | 15 | .375 | 14 |
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Towson | 9 | 18 | .333 | 15.5 |
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Hartford | 7 | 19 | .269 | 17 |
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Results
[edit]Upper round 1 | Upper final | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Delaware | 8 | |||||||||||
4 | Hofstra | 0 | |||||||||||
1 | Delaware | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Northeastern | 2 | |||||||||||
2 | Northeastern | 10 | |||||||||||
3 | Vermont | 8 | |||||||||||
1 | Delaware | ||||||||||||
2 | Northeastern | ||||||||||||
Lower round 1 | Lower final | ||||||||||||
2 | Northeastern | 12 | |||||||||||
4 | Hofstra | 6 | 3 | Vermont | 7 | ||||||||
3 | Vermont | 7[a] | |||||||||||
All-Tournament Team
[edit]The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]
Player | Team |
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Matt Phillips | Delaware |
Chris Frey | Delaware |
Matt Ardizzone | Delaware |
Frank DiMaggio | Delaware |
Brad Eyman | Delaware |
Dan Trivits | Delaware |
Carlos Peña | Northeastern |
Kevin Kim | Northeastern |
Hernan Guerrero | Northeastern |
Wade Rikert | Vermont |
Pat Friel | Hofstra |
Most Outstanding Player
[edit]Delaware pitcher Chris Frey was named Most Outstanding Player.
Notes
[edit]- ^ 10 innings.
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.
- ^ a b "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.