2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament

The 2018 Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Tournament was held at Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park in Harrisonburg, Virginia from May 23 through May 26. The winner of the tournament, UNC Wilmington, earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.[2][3]

2018 Colonial Athletic Association
Baseball Tournament
Teams6
FormatModified Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUNC Wilmington (5th title)
Winning coachMark Scalf (5th title)
MVPCole Weiss, UNC Wilmington
TelevisionCAA TV (Wed-Fri)
Sports Live (Sat)
2018 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Northeastern ‍†‍‍y 17–6 .739  36–21 .632
Elon  ‍‍‍ 16–8 .667  36–23 .610
College of Charleston  ‍‍‍ 15–8 .652  36–19 .655
UNC Wilmington  ‍‍‡‍y 14–9 .609  39–23 .629
Delaware  ‍‍‍ 12–11 .522  31–27 .534
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 12–12 .500  23–23 .500
James Madison  ‍‍‍ 11–13 .458  26–26 .500
Towson  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  13–42 .236
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 3–21 .125  15–39 .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 30, 2018[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Entering the event, UNC Wilmington had won the most championships among active teams, with four. James Madison and William & Mary had claimed two titles, while Delaware, Towson and fifth-year member College of Charleston each had one. Former member East Carolina won 7 titles during their tenure in the conference.[4]

Seeding and format

Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season competed in the modified double-elimination tournament.[5]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Northeastern176.739—1
Elon168.6671.52
College of Charleston158.65223
UNC Wilmington149.60934
Delaware1211.52255
Hofstra1212.5005.56
James Madison1113.4586.5—
Towson618.25011.5—
William & Mary321.12514.5—

Bracket
  First round Second round Third Round Semi-Finals Finals
                                                 
Winner's Bracket
  4 UNC Wilmington 2     1 Northeastern 2  
  5 Delaware 1     4 UNC Wilmington 9    
      4 UNC Wilmington 11              
      2 Elon 3              
  3 College of Charleston 10     2 Elon 312          
  6 Hofstra 3     3 College of Charleston 2        
        4 UNC Wilmington 2 7
Loser's Bracket       1 Northeastern 3 4
  5 Delaware 3        
  6 Hofstra 1          
      5 Delaware 5        
      3 College of Charleston 1          
            5 Delaware 2              
          1 Northeastern 7              
      2 Elon 4    
    1 Northeastern 5  

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.[3][4]

NameSchool
Kyle BakerDelaware
Kyle BrnovichElon
Ian FairNortheastern
Jake FarrellNortheastern
Scott HolzwasserNortheastern
Ryan JeffersUNC Wilmington
Greg JonesUNC Wilmington
Kyle MurphyNortheastern
Alex RoyaltyUNC Wilmington
Billy Sullivan IVDelaware
Austin WarrenUNC Wilmington
Cole WeissUNC Wilmington

Most Valuable Player

Cole Weiss was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Weiss was a third baseman for UNC Wilmington.[3][4]

References
  1. "Baseball standings". CAASports.com. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  2. "2017-18 Championship Schedule". caasports.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  3. "UNCW Captures Fifth CAA Baseball Title With 7–4 Triumph Over Northeastern". Colonial Athletic Association. May 26, 2018. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  4. 2020 Baseball Record Book (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. p. 11. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
  5. "2018 CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
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