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Bryant Sits at the Top of the Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship Bracket

BOSTON – Bryant captured its second straight regular season title and will be the top seed in the upcoming Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship, which begins with first round action on Wednesday.
 
The Bulldogs went 18-6 in league play this year, finishing four games ahead of No. 2 NJIT. Bryant is the defending tournament champion, while NJIT went 14-10 to earn a top-two seed for the first time since 2021. Binghamton and Maine each posted 13-11 conference records, but the Bearcats secured the No. 3 seed thanks to 4-2 record against the Black Bears in league play. UAlbany (10-14) is the No. 5 seed while UMBC earned the No. 6 seed with its 8-16 mark due to a 4-2 mark against UMass Lowell during the regular season.
 
This year’s championship will be held at Mahaney Diamond on the campus of the University of Maine. For the third straight year the championship will be a hybrid format. On Wednesday, No. 3 Binghamton faces No. 6 UMBC, while No. 4 Maine and No. 5 UAlbany in a pair of single  elimination games. The winning teams advance to the four-team double-elimination portion of the tournament Thursday-Saturday.
 
No. 4 Maine will face off against No. 5 UAlbany at 1:00 p.m., followed by No. 3 Binghamton battling with No. 6 UMBC at 5 p.m. The two losing teams will head home, while the winners will advance to Thursday. The Bulldogs will play the lowest remaining seed at 11:00 on Thursday, followed by No. 2 NJIT facing the highest remaining seed at 3:00 p.m.
 
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Northeast Delta Dental America East Baseball Championship Seeds
  1. Bryant (18-6)
  2. NJIT (14-10)
  3. Binghamton (13-11)
  4. Maine (13-11)
  5. UAlbany (10-14)
  6. UMBC (8-16)
 
This year’s championship will air in its entirety on ESPN+. Stay up-to-date on all the action by visiting Championship Central for streaming and live stats links as well as box scores, highlights and recaps following each round in addition to team information, tournament history and more.

Follow @AmericaEast on X to get the real-time championship updates. Use the #AEBASE hashtags to join the conversation.
 
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Founded in 1979, the America East Conference is an elite NCAA Division I athletic conference that fosters an environment for student-athletes to become champions. Comprised of academically renowned, like-minded member institutions located in the Northeast region of the United States, America East is committed to broad-based excellence and progressive in its approach to supporting its more than 3,500 student-athletes across 18 sponsored sports. For more information, visit www.AmericaEast.com and follow the America East Conference and its social media channels, @AmericaEast.
 
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