The field and the schedule for the 2026 America East Baseball Tournament has been set in Binghamton, New York. The teams in the first round (seeds 3-6) play single elimination games on Wednesday, with the winners advancing to the double elimination portion Thursday through Saturday. The Maine Black Bears are the #3 seed. Binghamton is the top seed and UMBC is #2, both earning first round byes. The Bearcats are the defending champions. The full schedule is below:
WEDNESDAY, MAY 20th (Single Elimination)
Game 1- #4 Bryant (27-24, 13-11 America East) vs #5 UMass-Lowell (20-29, 10-14)- 1 p.m.
Game 2- #3 Maine (21-30, 14-10) vs #6 Albany (15-33, 9-15)- 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, MAY 21st (Double Elimination)
Game 3- #1 Binghamton (28-20, 17-7) vs Lower Seeded Wednesday winner- 11 a.m.
Game 4- #2 UMBC (28-22, 15-9) vs Higher Seeded Wednesday winner- 3 p.m.
Game 5- Game 3 Loser vs Game 4 Loser- Elimination Game- 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, MAY 22nd
Game 6- Winner Game 3 vs Winner Game 4- 1 p.m.
Game 7- Winner Game 5 vs Loser Game 6- Elimination game- 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, MAY 23rd CHAMPIONSHIP
Game 8- Winner Game 6 vs Winner Game 7-12 p.m.
Game 9- Same two teams (only if necessary)- 45 minutes after Game 8
Photos from UMaine Athletics
