1998 America East Conference baseball tournament

1998 America East Conference
baseball tournament
Teams	4
Format	Double-elimination
Finals site	Frawley Stadium; Wilmington, DE;
Champions	Delaware (3rd title)
Winning coach	Bob Hannah (3rd title)
MVP	Chris Frey (Delaware)
	← 1997; AEC baseball tournament; 1999 →;

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

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
Delaware	22	2	.917	–	1
Northeastern	17	9	.654	6	2
Vermont	15	12	.556	8.5	3
Hofstra	14	14	.500	10	4
Maine	12	16	.429	12	–
Drexel	9	15	.375	14	–
Towson	9	18	.333	15.5	–
Hartford	7	19	.269	17	–

Results


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

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

Player	Team
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

Delaware pitcher Chris Frey was named Most Outstanding Player.

Notes

^ 10 innings.

References

^ ^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.

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[aecrb-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.

[aecst98-2] "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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