1998_America_East_Conference_baseball_tournament

1998 America East Conference baseball tournament

1998 America East Conference baseball tournament

Collegiate baseball tournament

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]

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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.[2]

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Results

Upper round 1Upper finalFinal
1Delaware8
4Hofstra0
1Delaware4
2Northeastern2
2Northeastern10
3Vermont8
1Delaware
2Northeastern
Lower round 1Lower final
2Northeastern12
4Hofstra63Vermont7
3Vermont7[lower-alpha 1]

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[1]

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Most Outstanding Player

Delaware pitcher Chris Frey was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes

  1. 10 innings.

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "College Baseball Conference Standings -- 1998". BoydsWorld.com. Boyd Nation. Archived from the original on February 14, 2013. Retrieved June 6, 2013.
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