America East Conference baseball tournament

The America East Conference baseball tournament, officially known as the America East Conference baseball championship, is the conference baseball championship of the NCAA Division I America East Conference. The top six finishers in the regular season of the conference's seven teams advance to the double-elimination tournament, which rotates among the home fields of each conference member. The winner of the tournament receives an automatic berth to the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship. The format has changed over the years between a six-team and four-team formats. Beginning in 2009, the conference allowed schools to host the championship on fields without lights.

History

1993–1994 See, for example, 1994 North Atlantic Conference baseball tournament. For the first two tournaments, the event was held over two weekends. On the first, the opening round consisted of best-of-three series, for which the league's eight members were paired. The winners of the four opening round series advanced to a double-elimination final round.

1995–1997 See, for example, 1997 America East Conference baseball tournament. For these three tournaments, the event was held in a single weekend. Its format was the six-team double-elimination format of NCAA Regionals at the time.

1998–2015 See, for example, 2001 America East Conference baseball tournament. For eighteen years, the format was a four-team double-elimination tournament. In some years, the event has been held at a campus location, while in others, it has been held at a neutral site.

2016–present The current format, adopted for the 2016 tournament, is six-team double-elimination event.

Champions

By year The following is a list of conference champions and sites listed by year. Year Champion Runner-up Venue 1993 Delaware Diamond • Newark, DE 1994 Friedman Diamond • Brookline, MA 1995 Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE 1996 Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME 1997 Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE 1998 Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE 1999 Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE 2000 Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE 2001 Frawley Stadium • Wilmington, DE 2002 Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME 2003 Centennial Field • Burlington, VT 2004 Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME 2005 Centennial Field • Burlington, VT 2006 Centennial Field • Burlington, VT 2007 Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium • Farmingdale, NY 2008 Farmingdale State Baseball Stadium • Farmingdale, NY 2009 Pete Sylvester Field • Endicott, NY 2010 Varsity Field • Vestal, NY 2011 Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY 2012 Stony Brook Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY 2013 Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA 2014 Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA 2015 Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA 2016 Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA 2017 Edward A. LeLacheur Park • Lowell, MA 2018 Hartford Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME 2019 Varsity Field • Binghamton, NY 2020 Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 NJIT (Tournament Not Completed)No championship game held in 2021. Per conference policy, NJIT received the league's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the lone unbeaten team in the championship after the remainder of the 2021 America East Conference Championship was unable to be completed due to inclement weather. A lack of lighting at the host stadium played a crucial part in the cancelation of the championship game. NJIT was scheduled to play Stony Brook in the championship game before it was canceled. Stony Brook Joe Nathan Field • Stony Brook, NY 2022 UMass Lowell Mahaney Diamond • Orono, ME 2023 Bearcat Sports Complex • Binghamton, NY 2024 Bearcat Sports Complex • Binghamton, NY 2025 Mahaney Diamond • Orono, Maine 2026 Binghamton Baseball Complex • Binghamton, NY

Championships by school The following is a list of conference champions by school. School Championships YearsBinghamton72009, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2022, 2025, 2026Delaware 61995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001Maine61993, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2023Stony Brook 62004, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2019Northeastern 31994, 1997, 2003Albany12007Bryant12024Hartford 12018UMBC12017NJIT12021Drexel 0UMass Lowell0 Teams marked in pink denote a former member of the America East

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