The 2009 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 21 through 23 at Pete Sylvester Field in Endicott, New York. The top four regular season finishers of the league's seven teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Binghamton defeated second-seeded Albany, 16–6, to win its first tournament championship. As a result, Binghamton received the America East's automatic bid to the 2009 NCAA tournament, the program's first.
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. Team W L Pct. GB Seed Binghamton 13 7 .650 Albany 15 9 .625 Stony Brook 14 10 .583 Vermont 14 10 .583 Maine 13 11 .542 Hartford 7 15 .318 UMBC 4 18 .182
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamMike Augliera BinghamtonJim Calderone BinghamtonJeff Dennis BinghamtonCJ Lukaszewski BinghamtonDavid Kubiak AlbanyDave West AlbanyRyan Gugel AlbanyDave Soltis VermontEthan Paquette VermontChad Marshall Stony Brook
Most Outstanding Player Binghamton second baseman Jim Calderone was named Most Outstanding Player.
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