2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament

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2001 America East Conference
Baseball Tournament
Teams4
Format Double-elimination
Finals site
Champions Delaware  (6th title)
Winning coach Jim Sherman  (1st title)
MVPGregg Davies (Towson)

The 2001 America East Conference Baseball Tournament was held from May 17-19 at Frawley Stadium in Wilmington, Delaware. The top four regular season finishers of the league's eight teams qualified for the double-elimination tournament. In the championship game, first-seeded Delaware defeated third-seeded Towson, 7-0, to win its fourth consecutive and sixth overall tournament championship. As a result, Delaware received the America East's automatic bid to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. [1] [2] [3]

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Seeding

The top four finishers from the regular season were seeded one through four based on conference winning percentage only. They then played in a double-elimination format. In the first round, the one and four seeds were matched up in one game, while the two and three seeds were matched up in the other. [2]

TeamWLPct.GBSeed
Delaware 226.786
1
Maine 208.714
2
2
Towson 1711.607
5
3
Northeastern 1117.393
11
4
Drexel 1117.393
11
Vermont 1017.371
11.5
Hofstra 1017.371
11.5
Hartford 1018.357
12

Results

First round Semi-finals Finals
          
1 Delaware 7
4 Northeastern 3
1Delaware4
Winner's bracket
3 Towson 1
2 Maine 4
3 Towson 20
1Delaware
3 Towson
4Northeastern5
2 Maine 4
3Towson7
Loser's bracket
4 Northeastern 6

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team. [1]

PlayerTeam
Vic SageDelaware
Jason VincentDelaware
Steve HardenDelaware
Andrew SalvoDelaware
Reid Gorecki Delaware
Vince VukovichDelaware
Scott BaconTowson
Brian McKennaTowson
Gregg DaviesTowson
Jimmy KittlebergerTowson
Luke Carlin Northeastern

Most Outstanding Player

Towson outfielder Gregg Davies was named Most Outstanding Player. [4] [5]

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