2023 Colonial Athletic Association Tournament

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The 2023 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held May 24- at Ballpark at Patriots Point in Mount Pleasant, SC. #1 University of North Carolina at Wilmington defeated #3 Northeastern University for the title. Dillon Lifrieri of UNC Wilmington was named MVP.

Participating Teams[edit]

Seed School Conf. Record Head Coach
1 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 20-8 Randy Hood
2 Elon University 19-9 Michael Kennedy
3 Northeastern University 20-10 Mike Glavine
4 College of Charleston 18-12 Chad Holbrook
5 University of Delaware 17-13 Greg Mamula
6 College of William and Mary 15-15 Mike McRae

Results[edit]

Bracket[edit]

  First Round     Second Round     Third Round     Finals
                                       
      1 UNC Wilmington 3  
  4 Charleston 4     5 Delaware 0    
  5 Delaware 7         1 UNC Wilmington 6  
      3 Northeastern 5    
    2 Elon 1          
  3 Northeastern 6     3 Northeastern 2        
  6 William and Mary 0         1 UNC Wilmington 5 x
      3 Northeastern 4 x
  Losers Bracket 1-2     Losers Bracket 2     Losers Bracket 3    
         
  5 Delaware 2        
  4 Charleston 5         3 Northeastern 14    
      2 Elon 10     2 Elon 8  
      4 Charleston 5  
  4 Charleston 2    
  6 William and Mary 1  



Game Results[edit]

Game Winner Score Loser Notes
May 24
Game 1 University of Delaware 7-4 College of Charleston
Game 2 Northeastern University 6-0 College of William and Mary
May 25
Game 3 College of Charleston 2-1 College of William and Mary William and Mary eliminated
Game 4 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 3-0 University of Delaware
Game 5 Northeastern University 2-1 Elon University
May 26
Game 6 College of Charleston 5-2 University of Delaware Delaware eliminated
Game 7 Elon University 10-5 College of Charleston Charleston eliminated
May 27
Game 8 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 6-5 Northeastern University
May 28
Game 9 Northeastern University 14-8 Elon University Elon eliminated
Game 10 University of North Carolina at Wilmington 5-4 Northeastern University UNC Wilmington advances to NCAA tournament

All-Tournament Team[edit]

  • Brett Banks, UNCW
  • Jac Croom, UNCW
  • Danny Crossen, Northeastern
  • Jake Gigliotti, Northeastern
  • Parker Haskin, Elon
  • Cam Maldonado, Northeastern
  • Trey Pooser, Charleston
  • Jacob Shafer, UNCW
  • Spenser Smith, Northeastern
  • Zane Taylor, UNCW
  • Dillon Lifrieri, UNCW