2024 Coastal Athletic Association baseball tournament


The 2024 Coastal Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina, from May 22 through 26.[2] The UNC Wilmington Seahawks won back-to-back titles and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball tournament. This set a league-record eighth CAA baseball title for the Seahawks, their sixth since 2012.[3][4]

2024 Coastal Athletic Association
baseball tournament
Teams6
FormatModified Double-elimination tournament
Finals site
ChampionsUNC Wilmington (8th title)
Winning coachRandy Hood (2nd title)
MVPTrevor Marsh (UNC Wilmington)
TelevisionFloSports
2024 Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Charleston ‍‍‍ 21 5   .808 41 14   .745
UNC Wilmington ‍‍y 20 7   .741 39 19   .672
Northeastern  ‍‍‍ 18 9   .667 38 17   .691
Delaware  ‍‍‍ 16 11   .593 31 26   .544
William & Mary  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 32 26   .552
Hofstra  ‍‍‍ 13 14   .481 24 33   .421
Campbell  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 31 22   .585
Stony Brook  ‍‍‍ 12 15   .444 24 28   .462
Monmouth  ‍‍‍ 11 16   .407 18 30   .375
Elon  ‍‍‍ 10 17   .370 21 32   .396
North Carolina A&T  ‍‍‍ 9 17   .346 25 28   .472
Towson  ‍‍‍ 5 20   .200 15 39   .278
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of May 26, 2024[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

Seeding and format

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Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season will compete in the modified double-elimination tournament.

Bracket

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Upper round 1Upper round 2Upper finalFinal
6Hofstra7
5William & Mary41College of Charleston8
4Delaware72UNC Wilmington8
1College of Charleston5
4Delaware6
6Hofstra122UNC Wilmington10
3Northeastern9
2UNC Wilmington6
1College of Charleston4
Lower round 1Lower round 2Lower round 3Lower final
4Delaware1
5William & Mary81College of Charleston11
6Hofstra64Delaware18
5William & Mary95William & Mary16
3Northeastern6

Schedule

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Game Time* Matchup# Score Notes Reference
Wednesday, May 22
1 12:00pm No. 4 Delaware vs No. 5 William & Mary 7−4 [5]
2 4:00pm No. 3 Northeastern vs No. 6 Hofstra 9−12 [6]
Thursday, May 23
3 11:00am No. 5 William & Mary vs No. 3 Northeastern 9−6 Northeastern eliminated [7]
4 3:00pm No. 1 College of Charleston vs No. 6 Hofstra 7−8 [8]
5 7:00pm No. 2 UNC Wilmington vs No. 4 Delaware 10−6 [9]
Friday, May 24[10]
6 11:00am No. 5 William & Mary vs No. 6 Hofstra 16−6 Hofstra eliminated [11]
7 8:00pm No. 4 Delaware vs No. 5 William & Mary 18−8 William & Mary eliminated [12]
Saturday, May 25[13]
8 11:00am No. 2 UNC Wilmington vs No. 1 College of Charleston 8−5 [14]
9 3:00pm No. 4 Delaware vs No. 1 College of Charleston 1−11 Game was suspended in the bottom of the 7th inning due to inclement weather and was resumed on Sunday at 11am.
Delaware eliminated
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Sunday, May 26
10 12:30pm No. 2 UNC Wilmington vs No. 1 College of Charleston 6−4 UNC Wilmington wins championship [16]
11 Rematch (not necessary)
*Game times in EDT. # – Rankings denote tournament seed.

All–Tournament Team

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Source:[3]

Player Team
Trevor Marsh (MVP) UNC Wilmington
Trace Baker UNC Wilmington
Jac Croom UNC Wilmington
Aiden Evans UNC Wilmington
Tanner Thach UNC Wilmington
Trotter Harlan College of Charleston
Aidan Hunter College of Charleston
Cole Mathis College of Charleston
Avery Neaves College of Charleston
Steve Harrington Hofstra
Aidan Kane Delaware

References

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  1. ^ "Coastal Athletic Association baseball standings". D1Baseball.com. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. ^ "Six Teams Set To Battle For 2024 CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. May 21, 2024. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "UNCW Rallies Past Charleston, 6-4, To Capture League-Record Eighth CAA Baseball Championship". caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Association. May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 CAA Baseball Championship". Coastal Athletic Association. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
  5. ^ "W&M-Delaware Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  6. ^ "Hofstra-Northeastern Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 22, 2024.
  7. ^ "#3 Huskies Eliminated By #5 Tribe". nuhuskies.com. Northeastern University Huskies. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  8. ^ "Charleston-Hofstra Boxscore". caasports.com. Colonial Athletic Conference. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  9. ^ "UNCW Thunders Past Delaware, 10-6". uncwsports.com. UNC Wilmington Sports. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  10. ^ "Weather Causes Changes To CAA Baseball Championship Schedule". caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Conference. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  11. ^ "Hofstra-William & Mary Boxscore". gohofstra.com. Hofstra Pride. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
  12. ^ "Delaware-William & Mary Boxscore". tribeathletics.com. William & Mary Tribe. May 24, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  13. ^ "Inclement Weather Causes Changes To CAA Baseball Championship Schedule". caasports.com. Coastal Athletic Conference. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  14. ^ "UNCW-Col of Charleston Boxscore". cofcsports.com. College of Charleston Cougars. May 25, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  15. ^ "Delaware-Col of Charleston Boxscore". bluehens.com. Delaware Blue Hens. May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.
  16. ^ "UNCW-Col of Charleston Boxscore". uncwsports.com. UNC Wilmington Seahawks. May 26, 2024. Retrieved May 28, 2024.