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 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

Teams	6
Format	Modified Double-elimination tournament
Finals site	Eagle Field at Veterans Memorial Park Harrisonburg, Virginia
Champions	UNC Wilmington (5th title)
Winning coach	Mark Scalf (5th title)
MVP	Cole Weiss (UNC Wilmington)
Television	CAA TV (Wed-Fri) Sports Live (Sat)
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2018 Colonial Athletic Association baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		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]

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Seed
Northeastern	17	6	.739	—	1
Elon	16	8	.667	1.5	2
College of Charleston	15	8	.652	2	3
UNC Wilmington	14	9	.609	3	4
Delaware	12	11	.522	5	5
Hofstra	12	12	.500	5.5	6
James Madison	11	13	.458	6.5	—
Towson	6	18	.250	11.5	—
William & Mary	3	21	.125	14.5	—

Bracket

	Upper round 1					Upper round 2					Upper final										Final
						1	Northeastern	2
	4	UNC Wilmington	2			4	UNC Wilmington	9
	5	Delaware	1								4	UNC Wilmington	11
											2	Elon	3
						2	Elon	312
	3	College of Charleston	10			3	College of Charleston	2
	6	Hofstra	3
																					4	UNC Wilmington	2	7
																					1	Northeastern	3	4
	Lower round 1					Lower round 2					Lower round 3					Lower final
																2	Elon	4
											5	Delaware	2			1	Northeastern	5
						5	Delaware	5			1	Northeastern	7
	5	Delaware	3			3	College of Charleston	1
	6	Hofstra	1

All-Tournament Team

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

Name	School
Kyle Baker	Delaware
Kyle Brnovich	Elon
Ian Fair	Northeastern
Jake Farrell	Northeastern
Scott Holzwasser	Northeastern
Ryan Jeffers	UNC Wilmington
Greg Jones	UNC Wilmington
Kyle Murphy	Northeastern
Alex Royalty	UNC Wilmington
Billy Sullivan IV	Delaware
Austin Warren	UNC Wilmington
Cole Weiss	UNC Wilmington

Most Valuable Player

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