The 2008 America East Conference baseball tournament took place from May 22 through 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.
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 15 8 .652 Stony Brook 14 10 .583 UMBC 13 11 .542 Vermont 12 11 .522 Hartford 10 13 .435 Albany 10 14 .417 Maine 8 15 .348
Results
All-Tournament Team The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. Player TeamGary Novakowski Stony BrookJustin Echeverria Stony BrookSteve Mazzurco Stony BrookMike Errigo Stony BrookZach Groh BinghamtonMurphy Smith BinghamtonRyan Holley BinghamtonEric Thompson VermontMatt Duffy VermontRich Conlon UMBC
Most Outstanding Player Stony Brook outfielder Steve Mazzurco was named Most Outstanding Player.
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