2026 America East Conference softball tournament
| Teams | 5 |
|---|---|
| Format | Double-elimination tournament |
| Finals site |
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| Champions | Binghamton (3rd title) |
| Winning coach | Jess Bump (2nd title) |
| MVP | Rachel Carey (Binghamton) |
| Television | ESPN+ |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | W | L | T | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant † | 16 | – | 4 | – | 0 | .800 | 21 | – | 23 | – | 0 | .477 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton ‡y | 15 | – | 5 | – | 0 | .750 | 20 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .426 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 13 | – | 7 | – | 0 | .650 | 25 | – | 20 | – | 0 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 11 | – | 10 | – | 0 | .524 | 27 | – | 27 | – | 0 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine | 6 | – | 14 | – | 0 | .300 | 13 | – | 36 | – | 0 | .265 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 0 | – | 21 | – | 0 | .000 | 11 | – | 9 | – | 0 | .550 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of May 17, 2026[1] Rankings from NFCA/USA Today | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2026 America East Conference softball tournament was held at Pierre & Catherine Labat Softball Complex on the campus of the University of Maine in Orono, Maine from May 6 through May 9, 2026.[2] The tournament was won by the Binghamton Bearcats, who earned the America East Conference's automatic bid to the 2026 NCAA Division I softball tournament.[3][4]
Format and seeding
All five America East softball teams that were still playing[5] participated in the tournament and were seeded based on conference record. The regular season winner earned a single bye, while the remaining teams played opening round games.[2]
Tournament
| Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Final | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 1 | 4 | UMass Lowell | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| 4 | UMass Lowell | 8 | 4 | UMass Lowell | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 12(5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | UMass Lowell | 8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 10 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower final | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Binghamton | 10(5) | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Bryant | 8(5) | 1 | Bryant | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 3 | Albany | 3 | 3 | Albany | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | Maine | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
All Tournament Team
| Player | Team |
|---|---|
| Rachel Carey | Binghamton |
| Delaney Glover | |
| Olivia Kennedy | |
| Lauren Payne | |
| Giana LaCedra | UMass Lowell |
| Isabel Quintanilla | |
| Thyanais Santiago | |
| Ava Zettlemoyer | Maine |
| Deanna Drahek | Albany |
| Julia Pike | |
| Gabriella Gesualdo | Bryant |
| Lexi Powell |
MVP in bold
Source:[6]
References
- ↑ "2026 Softball Standings". americaeast.com. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Bryant Claims First Regular Season Championship, No. 1 Seed in Northeast Delta Dental #AESB Championship". americaeast.com. 2 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Northeast Delta Dental America East Softball Championship - America East Conference". americaeast.com. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "Softball repeats as AE champs, advances to NCAAs". Binghamton University Athletics. 9 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "Statement on Status of 2026 Softball Season". University of Maryland, Baltimore County. 31 March 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
- ↑ "Binghamton Goes Back-To-Back, Claims 2026 Northeast Delta Dental #AESB Championship". americaeast.com. 9 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.