# 2017 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament

The 2017 Colonial Athletic Association baseball tournament was held at Brooks Field in Wilmington, North Carolina, from May 24 through 27, 2017. Fourth-seeded Delaware won the tournament for the first time and earned the Colonial Athletic Association's automatic bid to the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.
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 Towson and fourth-year member College of Charleston each had one. Former member East Carolina won 7 titles during their tenure in the conference.

## Seeding and format

Continuing the format adopted in 2012, the top six finishers from the regular season competed in the double-elimination tournament, with the top two seeds earning first round byes.
| Team | W | L | Pct | GB | Seed |
| Northeastern | 16 | 7 | .696 | — | 1 |
| UNC Wilmington | 16 | 8 | .667 | 0.5 | 2 |
| William & Mary | 15 | 8 | .652 | 1 | 3 |
| Delaware | 15 | 9 | .625 | 1.5 | 4 |
| College of Charleston | 13 | 11 | .542 | 3.5 | 5 |
| Elon | 12 | 12 | .500 | 4.5 | 6 |
| James Madison | 7 | 17 | .292 | 9.5 | — |
| Hofstra | 7 | 17 | .292 | 9.5 | — |
| Towson | 6 | 18 | .250 | 10.5 | — |

## Bracket

| Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 1 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper round 2 | Upper final | Upper final | Upper final | | | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | 1 | Northeastern | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Delaware | 9 | 4 | Delaware | 5 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 5 | College of Charleston | 0 | | | | 4 | Delaware | 14 | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | UNC Wilmington | 8 | | | | | | | |
| | | | 2 | UNC Wilmington | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 3 | William & Mary | 5 | 3 | William & Mary | 2 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Elon | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Elon | 2 | | | | | | | | | | 4 | Delaware | 10 | — |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | UNC Wilmington | 3 | — |
| Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 1 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 2 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower round 3 | Lower final | Lower final | Lower final | |
| | | | | | | | | | 1 | Northeastern | 1 | |
| | | | | | | 5 | College of Charleston | 5 | 2 | UNC Wilmington | 10 | |
| | | | 5 | College of Charleston | 7 | 1 | Northeastern | 8 | | | | | | |
| 5 | College of Charleston | 1 | 3 | William & Mary | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Elon | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
* ↑ Elon pitchers Jordan Barrett and George Kirby threw a combined no-hitter, the first no-hitter in CAA tournament history. Elon lost the game, however, after College of Charleston scored the game's only run in the fifth inning without getting a hit.

## All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.
| Player | Team |
| Jeremy Ake | Delaware |
| Logan Beehler | UNC Wilmington |
| Jordan Glover | Delaware |
| Casey Golden | UNC Wilmington |
| Kyle Hinton | Delaware |
| Ryan Jeffers | UNC Wilmington |
| Carter Love | College of Charleston |
| Ron Marinaccio | Delaware |
| Brian Mayer | Delaware |
| Logan McRae | College of Charleston |
| Nick Patten | Delaware |
| Alex Royalty | UNC Wilmington |

### Most Valuable Player

Jeremy Ake was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Ake was a shortstop for Delaware.