2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament
| 2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Division |
| Teams | 4 |
| Format | Double-elimination |
| Site |
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| Champions | Stony Brook (2nd title) |
| Winning coach | Matt Senk (2nd title) |
| MVP | Steve Mazzurco (Stony Brook) |
The 2008 America East Conference Baseball Tournament took place from May 22-24 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, second-seeded Stony Brook defeated first-seeded Binghamton, 6-0, to win its second tournament championship. As a result, Stony Brook received the America East's automatic bid to the 2008 NCAA Tournament.
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.
The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
Stony Brook outfielder Steve Mazzurco was named Most Outstanding Player.
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